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Carbon Fibers

From carbon fiber skateboard maker to contract manufacturer

Elevated Materials makes its mission to deliver reclaimed high-quality aerospace carbon fiber to a variety of industries.

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Aerospace

A new definition of composites?

Nucleation and control of crystallinity plus aspect ratio creates new plastic and ceramic composites with tailored performance.

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Braiding

Celebrate National Composites Week, August 26-30

2019 marks the inaugural year for National Composites Week, which celebrates the ways in which composites enable innovations in a wide range of industries.

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Adhesives

ICON Aircraft produces 100th A5 sports aircraft

The carbon fiber composite fuselage and structures were produced at ICON’s 300,000-square-foot production facility in Tijuana, Mexico.

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Thermwood’s vertical layer printing turns AM on its side

Vertical Layer Printing (VLP) 3D prints layers perpendicular to the floor, extending Z height to the length of the print bed — as long as 40 feet.

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Podcast: CW Talks interviews Ryan Olliges and Jaysen Harris of Elevated Materials

In this episode of CWTalks, CW senior editor Scott Francis interviews Ryan Olliges & Jaysen Harris of Elevated Materials, a start-up working to deliver high-quality reclaimed aerospace carbon fiber to industries that haven’t considered using the material due to cost.

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Carbon Fibers

Episode 27: Ryan Olliges & Jaysen Harris, Elevated Materials

Elevated Materials’ CEO Ryan Olliges and CTO Jaysen Harris discuss the company’s mission and unique approach to keeping carbon fiber out of the landfill.

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Advancing additive manufacturing to exploit anisotropy

Anisoprint posits continuous fiber composites, not metals, as the material for optimized AM structures.

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Defense

Merger mania, part II?

Columnist Dale Brosius considers the surges of company mergers that have affected the composites industry over the years.

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Thermoplastics

High-speed, high-rate thermoplastic composites manufacturing

A novel process from SABIC and Airborne promises high-speed, high-rate production of thermoplastic composite laminates for mainstream manufacturing and a variety of applications.

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Electronics

Evolving into continuous fiber reinforcements

SABIC expanded its materials offerings in short-fiber injection and long-fiber thermoplastic (LFT) materials to include continuous-fiber thermoplastic tapes.

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Consumer electronics: hybrid composite covers

Study demonstrates feasibility of thermoplastic composites, high-speed production process.

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