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EconCore breaking new ground with high-performance core materials
EconCore’s new ThermHex high-performance thermoplastics (HPT) honeycomb materials are well suited for applications requiring lightweight solutions but still needing to meet heat resistance and fire-smoke-toxicity (FST) requirements.
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HAECO expands composite services business to North America
Located within HAECO Americas (Greensboro, N.C., U.S.) the new facility will reportedly include full composite shop capabilities.
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Latécoère joins TPRC
As a new Tier 1 member of the ThermoPlastic composites Research Centre, Latécoère offers expertise in various fields of composite technologies (RTM, LRI).
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Turkish Aerospace Industries to build new aircraft composite part plant
Turkish Aerospace Industries’ 95,000 square-meter smart factory for structural aircraft parts will reportedly become the world’s fourth-largest composite plant.
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FRP composite piles offer strength, corrosion resistance
Department of Transportation (DOT) agencies tasked with replacing aging marine fender systems are opting for corrosion-resistant fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) pilings with increasing frequency.
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SABIC's innovations of scale
SABIC at JEC World 2019 offered a virtual reality-based peek at its new Digital Composites Manufacturing line — a collaboration with Airborne aimed at automated, large scale laminate production of thermoplastic composite parts.
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Boston SAMPE to highlight advanced composite driver-side commercial passenger car door project
The featured project is an example of an automated low-cycle time solution that enables composites to become a viable alternative to metals in high rate automotive manufacturing.
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NASA selects new research institutes to develop smart habitats for space exploration
The goal of the new Space Technology Research Institutes (STRIs) is to develop automated technologies critical to a sustainable human presence on the Moon and eventually Mars.
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RUAG Space to supply composite payload fairings for H3 launch vehicle
The contract includes manufacturing of composite payload fairings and payload supporting structures for the H3 launch vehicle by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
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Carbon fiber guide dog handle improves coordination and comfort
Refitech was a finalist in the JEC 2019 Innovation Awards for a carbon-fiber guide dog handle that it produced for the Royal Dutch Guide Dog Foundation (KNGF).
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Flaris Lar 1 begins flight testing
Constructed of carbon fiber prepreg, Flaris Lar 1 is currently the world’s smallest single engine business jet.
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Herone production technology wins JEC Innovation Award
The herone GmbH was awarded the JEC Innovation Award 2019 in the category of “Aerospace-Application” for automated and efficient production of customized thermoplastic hollow profiles for series application.
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