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New Products: March 2019
CW’s roundup of new products for the composites industry – the past month has seen innovations from Airtech, Cygnet Texkimp, Harper International, KRC Machine Tool Solutions, Mikrosam, MultiMechanics, SWM, Total Composite Solutions and ThermHex.
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Airbus begins Skyway drone shore-to-ship trials
The trials mark the first time unmanned air vehicle (UAV) technology has been deployed in real port conditions to deliver parcels to working vessels at anchorage.
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Toray develops flexible PPS resin
The company has developed a new polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin that reportedly has the world’s highest flexibility level while maintaining heat resistance and chemical resistance.
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Rock West Composites expands machining capability
The company’s new 5-axis CNC machine center has 5' x 10' x 4' of useable volume for working on large composite parts.
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ThermHex unveils new Organosandwich material
The thermoplastic sandwich material is said to offer a range of possible applications in the automotive sector, offering weight savings of over 80% compared to a monolithic design.
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MultiMechanics to release MultiMech 19.0
The new composites modeling and simulation software version is said to deliver new material models, new damage scenarios, faster run times and expanded integration with commonly used FEA systems.
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Hexcel molding compound enables high-volume, zero-waste process
The company’s HexMC-i 2000 high-performance molding compound has been used to produce a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) transmission crossmember using a zero-waste process well-suited for high-volume manufacture.
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McLaren Composites Technology Centre delivers its first carbon fiber chassis prototype
The first carbon fiber MonoCell, the tub that forms the main structure of McLaren’s cars, has been shipped from the innovation center to the McLaren Production Centre where it will undergo crash testing.
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Massachusetts-based startup raises funding to launch carbon fiber super-composite
Boston Materials has raised $1.75 million in seed funding to launch its Carbon Supercomposite, which uses a patented Z-axis reinforcement technology in a carbon fiber composite.
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KCTECH, KIA Motors seek to accelerate carbon fiber use in Asian automotive industry
KIA Motors has opened a composite material technical center in KCTECH in South Korea as part of a new collaboration to advance carbon composite parts application in the automotive industry.
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IDEC uses additive manufacturing to cut composite tooling costs
IDEC explains how Stratasys 3D printing helped the company cut the time, cost and material waste involved with traditional composite molding.
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Third MC-21-300 joins flight test program
The maiden flight of the third MC-21-300 test aircraft took place on March 16 at the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant.
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