Jeff Sloan Brand Vice President, CompositesWorld & Plastics Technology

Aerospace 28 Feb 2018

JEC World 2018 preview: Haydale

Haydale (Hall 6, S64) is demonstrating applications of its lightweight graphene-enhanced prepregs, which are said to offer significant weight reduction and improved structural performance.

Molds/Tools 26 Feb 2018

Airtech triaxial fabrics target composite molds

Airtech Advanced Materials Group (Huntington Beach, CA, US) has introduced TMGC-TX, triaxial carbon fiber fabrics developed for the manufacture of composite molds made with Airtech Toolfusion resins.

Ketones 26 Feb 2018

Techsil acrylate-based adhesive cures via light

Distributor Techsil (Bidford-on-Avon, UK) has introduced a new light-curing adhesive called Vitralit UV 4802, for bonding high-temperature-resistant thermoplastics such as PEEK with other non-compatible materials.

Core 26 Feb 2018

3A Composites' core material targets automotive

3A Composites Core Materials (Sins, Switzerland) has introduced a new structural AIREX foam core platform aimed at lightweight, high-volume automotive applications that is capable of being processed in high-temperature, high-pressure, short-cycle production methods.

Mass Transit 23 Feb 2018

Composites give shape to new passenger bus

The VDL Bus & Coach Citea bus features composite structures fabricated using a vacuum expansion process (VEX) with specially formulated foaming resin compounds supplied by BÜFA Composite Systems.

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Automotive 22 Feb 2018

So, you want to make automotive composites . . .

Materials and manufacturing processes for autocomposites are evolving rapidly, and CompositesWorld wants to help you sort it out. A free, March 29 webinar is designed to help bring you up to speed on the manufacturing technologies best suited for autocomposites.

Electric Vehicles 21 Feb 2018

Carbon fiber has designs on production wheels

A high-performance CFRP wheel manufacturer for nearly 20 years, Dymag is now part of a broader effort to reduce their cost and migrate them into volume vehicles.

Compression Molding 19 Feb 2018

Webinar: Prepreg in compression molding

CompositesWorld is presenting a free Norplex-Micarta-sponsored webinar on Tuesday, March 13 at 2:00 pm EST titled, “Utilization of Continuous Fiber Prepreg in Compression Molding.”

IACMI 12 Feb 2018

ORNL offering additive manufacturing/composites post-doc

The postdoctoral position at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will conduct research in additive manufacturing related to advancement of current technologies, implementation of new processes, and development of material systems.