Scott Francis

Scott Francis Editor-In-Chief

Automotive

Scott Bader's urethane acrylate resins enable Corvette Stingray bumper beam

The company’s Crestapol resins were used for the automotive industry’s first curved, multi-hollow pultruded carbon fiber bumper beam.

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Sustainability

Henkel to collaborate with Carbon Revolution on composite wheels

Henkel and Carbon Revolution join forces to speed OEM automotive one-piece carbon fiber wheels development. 

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Weaving

Product Roundup: September 2019

CW’s roundup of new products for the composites industry – the past month has seen innovations from Airtech, Ashland, CoreTech, Johns Manville, Karl Mayer, KraussMaffei, PRF Composite Materials, RTP Co., SHD Composite Materials and Zetec.

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Sustainability

Toray begins thermoplastic resin production in India

Toray’s new India-based facility should reach its full operating capacity of around 5,000 metric tons in the near future.

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Carbon Fibers

All-composite wheel for electric vehicles wins funding

A project to develop the world’s first commercially viable, low cost, lightweight, all-composite wheel for electric and niche vehicles such as driverless cars wins grant funding of £135,500.

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Into the Hyperloop

The role of composites in the fifth mode of transport.

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NASA announces urban air mobility challenge

NASA’s UAM Grand Challenge will be a full field demonstration in an urban environment to test the readiness of UAM vehicles and airspace operator systems.

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RTM

Fiberglass industrial fan manufacturer builds on tradition

Collaboration produces large diameter low noise application composite axial flow fan.

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Epoxies

COBRA delivers GFRP covers for agricultural UAVs

COBRA’s drone covers use a composite laminate of glass fiber reinforcements combined with epoxy laminating resins in a hand laminated, vacuum bag consolidated production process. 

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Marine

Cincinnati Incorporated and Marine Concepts to debut 3D printed molding tool

Cincinnati Incorporated’s Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) machine was used to create a 3D printed light resin transfer molding (LRTM) tool that will be showcased at the IBEX boat-building trade show in Tampa Florida October 1-3, 2019.

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Filament Winding

IFS expands line of filament wound FRP products

The company’s corrosion-resistant methacrylate-modified epoxy FRP pipe, duct and fittings can be engineered for a range of uses including chemical service environment applications.

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Pressure Vessels

Siemens Gamesa to build world's largest wind turbine test stand

The company’s site in Aalborg, Denmark will be capable of performing full-scale tests on the next generations of rotor blades. 

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