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Inline static mixers
Interfacial Surface Generator (ISG) static mixers from Charles Ross & Son Co. (Hauppauge, N.Y.) can be quickly installed in existing meter/mix/dispense (MMD) equipment piping at low cost.
Read MoreMeter/Mix/Dispense Machines: Balancing speed and control for auto CFRP
Suppliers of meter/mix/dispense (MMD) equipment are under pressure to keep pace with process innovations that are drastically reducing mold cycle times for carbon fiber/epoxy laminates in automotive applications.
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Meter/mix/dispense machines: Doubling down on control
The latest equipment solutions deliver lower costs, faster cycle times and better part properties.
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Semipermeables: Next trend in infusion?
These liquid-blocking membranes promise molders better properties, less waste and reduced risk.
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Freefall: Adhesive helps composite lifeboat achieve world record
This composite freefall lifeboat successfully endures the required 65.1m/213.6-ft DNV drop test, setting a new world record for the highest lifeboat freefall.
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Pushing the limits of infusion
Polyworx BV used RTM-Worx, semipermeable membranes, a special feed and vacuum line layout and MMD machines to infuse a 62m minesweeper with degassed resin.
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VIDEO: Helicopter Drop Test
NASA evaluates composites’ ability to improve helicopter crashworthiness by dropping a helicopter fuselage to simulate a severe survivable crash according to military and commercial transport requirements.
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GKN Aerospace funds new aero-engine composites technology
GKN-led G5Demo project will pursue new composites technologies at Linköping-based ACAB subsidiary, aimed to cut aero-engine CO2-emissions in half by 2020.
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Composites boon from hydraulic fracturing?
Hydraulic fracturing — commonly known as frac'ing — has become an efficient, if controversial, method for oil and gas extraction. Composite materials are helping pave the way in this very demanding application.
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Renegade Materials demonstrates OOA BMI in wing spar
Renegade Materials Corp. (Miamisburg, Ohio) has developed its RM-3004 out-of-autoclave (OOA) curable bismaleimide (BMI) prepreg for high-performance aerospace applications.
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BMI and benzoxazine battle for future OOA aerocomposites
Offering weight, cost and process advantages, these “hot zone” resins are moving down the thermometer and into out-of-autoclave structural applications and autoclavable tooling now dominated by epoxies.
Read MoreBenzoxazine: An alternative to phenolic for interior fire safety?
As research into benzoxazine resin chemistry proceeds, this budding high-performance system has the potential to challenge phenolic resins in aircraft interiors.
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