Ginger Gardiner

Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor

Marine

UMaine Composites Center receives $500,000 to help boat builders incorporate 3D printing technology

Technology cluster will help Maine boatbuilders explore how large-scale 3D printing with wood plastic composites can provide a competitive advantage. 

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Thermoplastics

IBEX 2018: Growth, 3D printing and thermoplastic composites in the marine industry

Sustainability was the fourth trend, including recycling end-of-life fiberglass boats.

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Wind/Energy

Seemann Composites Inc. acquires Materials Sciences Corporation

Composites process innovator and materials engineering innovator formally combine forces.

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Medical

Covestro launches Maezio continuous fiber thermoplastics

Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany) has trademarked its continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) composite materials as Maezio.

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Consumer

Making prepreg tape more accessible

Cygnet Texkimp’s new slitter-spooler offers economical production of high-quality tapes and vertical integration for manufacturers to access a much wider market.

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Carbon Fibers

Sustainable, inline recycling of carbon fiber

Shocker Composites and R&M International are developing a supply chain for recycled CF with zero knockdown vs. virgin fiber, lower cost and, eventually, lengths delivering structural properties close to continuous fiber.

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Aerospace

Continuous Fiber Manufacturing (CFM) with moi composites

Continuous fiber 3D printing using epoxy, vinylester and acrylic with continuous glass, carbon, basalt and other fibers, including deposition along nonlinear curves, is only the beginning.

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Aerospace

Automated Preforming, Part 7: Fill Gesellschaft

Fill automates preforming for 1-min cycle time overmolded thermoplastic automotive parts but supplies automation throughout aero- and autocomposites process chains.

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Consumer

Coriolis Group acquires filament winding specialist MF TECH

Parent company of Coriolis Composites completes first external growth operation, strengthening its industrial robotics for composites manufacturing.

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Adhesives

New horizons in welding thermoplastic composites

Latest developments in qualification, production and applications for aerospace and automotive.

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Weaving

Heatshield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology (HEEET): A broader mission

3D woven fabric enables scalable, tailorable heatshield that cuts cost, boosts performance for future spacecraft.

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Automotive

Welding thermoplastic composites

Multiple methods advance toward faster robotic welds using new technology for increased volumes and larger aerostructures.

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