Jeff Sloan

Jeff Sloan Brand Vice President, CompositesWorld & Plastics Technology

Bonding

Hexion products target wind blade production

Hexion Inc. has introduced a new tackifying spray system as well as new epoxy bonding paste and resin repair kits for use in wind turbine rotor blade maintenance.

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Automotive

Hexcel launches prepreg for leaf springs

Hexcel has developed HexPly M901, a new prepreg for composite automotive leaf springs.

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Automotive

Henkel resin matrix targets automotive

Henkel has introduced Loctite MAX 5, a new polyurethane matrix resin for carbon fiber-reinforced composite automotive wheels.

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Aerospace

Book focuses on structural analysis for aircraft engineers

Grand Oak Publishing has released Practical Analysis of Aircraft Composites, by Brian Esp, Ph.D., P.E., a comprehensive guide to structural analysis where composites are used.

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Automotive

Lorenz develops natural fiber bulk molding compound

Lorenz Kunststofftechnik has developed a bulk molding compound (BMC) that combines polyester with jute, cotton or sisal fiber that the company says exhibits, depending on the composition, properties similar to traditional FRP.

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YXLON launches industrial computed tomography system

YXLON International has introduced the FF85 CT, a new computed tomography (CT) system.

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Infusion

3M introduces spray adhesive for infusion applications

3M has launched Hi Tack Composite Spray Adhesive 71 for infusion composites fabricating applications, particularly in industrial, marine and transportation markets.

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Out of Autoclave

VELOX, c-m-p develop hot-melt, solvent-free prepreg technology

VELOX GmbH has partnered c-m-p GmbH to develop a new hot-melt, solvent-free prepreg impregnation technology targeted toward automotive and sports equipment applications using autoclave or out-of-autoclave (OOA) processes, including compression molding.

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Out of Autoclave

TeXtreme introduces ±45° fabric

TeXtreme has launched a new ±45° spread tow-based fabric called Spread Tow Grid.

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Aerospace

CGTech releases latest version of composites software

CGTech is shipping the next major release of VERICUT Composite Applications: VERICUT Composite Programming (VCP) and VERICUT Composite Simulation (VCS).

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Ketones

JEC World 2018: Highlights

You will read more about what we discovered at JEC World 2018 in the coming weeks and months, but for now this is a quick review of some of the highlights from the world’s largest composites trade show.

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Prepregs

Toray acquires TenCate Advanced Composites

Toray, the world’s largest carbon fiber manufacturer, will pay €930 million for TenCate Advanced Composites to shore up its thermoplastic composites capabilities.

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