Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Wind/Energy

Plastic Omnium supports development of Safra Hycity hydrogen-powered buses

Passenger transportation retrofit specialist will receive Plastic Omnium’s Type IV high-pressure hydrogen vessels, fuel cell systems, and technical and product launch support.  

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L&L Special Furnace commissions high-temp box furnace for CMC parts

Multi-layer, high-temperature insulation, enables temperatures up to 1,700°C under partial atmospheric pressure for CMC parts production to be used in military and aerospace applications.  

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Carbon Fibers

3D-printed composite tail rotor gear box housing enhances Discovery super drone

CFP Technology teams with Flying-Cam to create 3D-printed, functional tail rotor actuators protection using Windform XT 2.0 composites and a powder bed fusion process.  

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Sustainability

National manufacturing center for FRP infrastructure opened in Australia

Four-year program between Sustainable Infrastructure Systems, InfraCore leads to internationally certified composite bridge, jetty, wharf, pontoon and lock gate manufacture, research in recycled materials.  

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Wind/Energy

Business Network for Offshore Wind releases fall events lineup

Network will host summits on ports and vessels, grids and transmissions and other events, including an annual Ventus Gala and a Business Forum in collaboration with the DOE.  

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Sustainability

Composites Association of New Zealand invites composites industry to 2022 conference

The free Oct. 17-18 CANZ conference hosted by the University of Auckland in collaboration with Composites Australia is focusing on building sustainable composites.

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Defense

UTA research builds predictive tool to determine failure risk, operating life of composites

UT Arlington, AFRL solution will use machine learning and computational tools to determine the life, durability and safety of composites used in aircraft manufacturing.  

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Consumer

Rheon Labs successfully completes reactive fiber collaboration trials with FET

Under an Innovate UK Smart Grant-backed project, Rheon is developing a hyper-viscoelastic textile fiber that can actively absorb, dampen and control energy during movement.  

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Pressure Vessels

Nordex releases N175/6.X turbine with single-piece, 85.7-meter-long blade

The newly designed 6.22-megawatt turbine offers 22% more energy versus predecessors, will start series production in Europe in 2024.  

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Epoxies

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Conductive Composites

Conductive Composites expands its portfolio of multifunctional electrically conductive composite materials with a new line of NiShield nonwovens and NiBond electrically conductive two-part structural epoxy adhesive.  

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Epoxies

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Polytek Development Corp.

Endurance Technologies brand, Custom Polymer Designs, demonstrates CPD 2110A/9234B capabilities in the Composites One and Closed Mold Alliance Demo Zone, alongside featured Polytek-brand tooling board.  

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Thermoplastics

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Collins Aerospace

Collins Aerospace identifies its extensive thermoplastics portfolio, including the display of an aircraft nacelle’s integrated curved stiffener and upper and lower longerons.  

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