Jeff Sloan

Jeff Sloan Brand Vice President, CompositesWorld & Plastics Technology

Carbon Fibers

JEC World 2019: Hexcel

Hexcel held its annual press conference at JEC World 2019 and reported promising numbers, as well as several new products and technologies.

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JEC World 2019: Hexion

Hexion featured several new products at JEC World 2019 designed to meet stringent electric vehicle application requirements.

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Fabrics/Preforms

JEC World 2019: Kordsa

Kordsa has, in a just a few short years, transformed itself into a major supplier in the composites supply chain.

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Carbon Fibers

JEC World 2019: Boston Materials

Boston Materials announced its Carbon Supercomposite, a carbon fiber fabric that features milled carbon fibers magnetically aligned in the “z” direction to provide uncommon ply-to-ply strength.

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Prepregs

JEC World 2019: Porcher Industries

Porcher Industries, a supplier of fabrics, preforms and intermediates, featured on its stand a thermoplastic 5G SATCOM radome structure developed with Meggitt.

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JEC World 2019: Evonik

Curing agents and cores specialist Evonik introduced two new products at JEC World 2019.

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Aerospace

AeroLas targets carbon fiber yarn industrialization

Munich-based AeroLas specializes in air-bearing technology and has used it to develop a system that allows for discontinuous carbon fiber to be spun with thermoplastic fibers. Potential applications include 3D printing.

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Carbon Fibers

JEC World 2019 preview: Fraunhofer IPT

Fraunhofer Institutes for Production Technology (IPT, Aachen, Germany, 5/D17) is emphasizing work it did with Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT, Aachen) on the EU research project ComMUnion, in collaboration with 14 partners from industry, to develop industrial processes and solutions for hybrid lightweight design by combining metal and polymer-matrix composites for automotive and aerospace applications.

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JEC World 2019: Exhibit previews

CompositesWorld offers a preview of some of the exhibits and products that will be featured at JEC World 2019, March 12-14 in Paris, France.

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Aerospace

JEC World 2019 preview: Victrex and Coriolis

Victrex (Thornton Cleveleys, U.K., 5/S29) and Coriolis Composites (Queven, France, 6/A32) are announcing cooperative work they did with thermoplastic unidirectional tape (TP UDT) prepreg lay-up and consolidation to improve the manufacturing efficiency of composite parts.

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RTM

JEC World 2019 preview: Netzsch

Netzsch (Selb, Germany, 6/R20) is featuring technology it developed in collaboration with Kistler (Winterhur, Switzerland) to create advanced technology for intelligent composites parts production.

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Aerospace

JEC World 2019 preview: LAP Laser

LAP Laser (Lüneberg, Germany, 5/F5) is featuring flexible applications of the DTEC-PRO camera system, showing how laser-based composites fabrication in the aerospace, automotive and other industries can be faster, safer and more flexible.

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