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IACMI

Utah Lt. Governor to make keynote address at composites workshop

The Fly Away with Composites workshop will be held August 21-22 at Davis Technical College in Clearfield, UT, US.

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Pultrusion

Strongwell receives ISO 9001:2015 certification

The company has updated its quality management systems certification for the design, manufacture, inspection and testing of fiber reinforced plastics.

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Adhesives

LORD launches fast cure polyurethane adhesive

Based on polyurethane, LORD Fusor 2001/2003 NG is suitable for bonding composites parts in processes characterized by high production rates.

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SDSU students to develop 3D printing materials for International Space Station

South Dakota State University is one of 10 university teams selected to work on technologies to support NASA’s deep space exploration capabilities. 

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Thermoplastics

SABIC and Nottingham Spirk partner to accelerate innovation development

With this move SABIC hopes to accelerate the development of disruptive solutions across multiple industries.

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Carbon Fibers

Bye Aerospace receives order for 30 Sun Flyer 2s

Aspen Flying Club to use all-electric, composite material aircraft as trainers in its future fleet of aircraft.

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New Products: August 2018

CW’s monthly roundup of new products for the composites industry – this month has seen innovations from Altair, CGTech, General Plastics, Mahr, Open Mind, SABIC and Roth.

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Infrastructure

University of Miami recognized for bridge reinforced with composite materials

The Innovation Bridge is the first concrete bridge on the UM campus entirely reinforced/prestressed with composite materials instead of steel.

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Sustainability

SD Mines' composite material demonstrated at composite bridge contest

Students engineered the design of the 2nd place winning bridge using a proprietary composite sheet material invented by a team of researchers at SD Mines.

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Bonding

ALMACO to hold pultrusion event in Brazil

The event will cover raw materials used in the manufacture of pultruded composites, including resins, reinforcements (glass and carbon fibers) and structural adhesives.

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Wind/Energy

Haydale supplies graphene for Juno aircraft

Juno demonstrates the viability of graphene enhanced prepreg material for structural applications and the ability to manufacture components using traditional composite manufacturing methods.

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Aerospace

Zephyr sets new flight duration record during maiden flight

Airbus’ solar–electric, stratospheric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) completes maiden flight of over 25 days, the longest duration flight ever made.

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