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Pressure Vessels

Cryomotive to manufacture first CRYOGAS hydrogen storage vessels using Mikrosam winder

Carbon fiber-reinforced composite cryogenic compressed (CcH2) system offers up to 80 kilograms of H2 and 1,000 kilometers of range for heavy-duty truck and bus applications.

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3D-printed composite tail rotor gear box housing enhances Discovery super drone

CFP Technology teams with Flying-Cam to create 3D-printed, functional tail rotor actuators protection using Windform XT 2.0 composites and a powder bed fusion process.  

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Infrastructure

National manufacturing center for FRP infrastructure opened in Australia

Four-year program between Sustainable Infrastructure Systems, InfraCore leads to internationally certified composite bridge, jetty, wharf, pontoon and lock gate manufacture, research in recycled materials.  

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Wind/Energy

Business Network for Offshore Wind releases fall events lineup

Network will host summits on ports and vessels, grids and transmissions and other events, including an annual Ventus Gala and a Business Forum in collaboration with the DOE.  

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Sustainability

Composites Association of New Zealand invites composites industry to 2022 conference

The free Oct. 17-18 CANZ conference hosted by the University of Auckland in collaboration with Composites Australia is focusing on building sustainable composites.

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UTA research builds predictive tool to determine failure risk, operating life of composites

UT Arlington, AFRL solution will use machine learning and computational tools to determine the life, durability and safety of composites used in aircraft manufacturing.  

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Consumer

Rheon Labs successfully completes reactive fiber collaboration trials with FET

Under an Innovate UK Smart Grant-backed project, Rheon is developing a hyper-viscoelastic textile fiber that can actively absorb, dampen and control energy during movement.  

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Pressure Vessels

Nordex releases N175/6.X turbine with single-piece, 85.7-meter-long blade

The newly designed 6.22-megawatt turbine offers 22% more energy versus predecessors, will start series production in Europe in 2024.  

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Wind/Energy

New initiatives launched to expand U.S. offshore wind energy

The White House announced a new goal of 15 GW floating offshore wind energy by 2035, and new R&D funding and programs.    

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Automotive

Battery-electric eActros LongHaul to undergo real-world testing in 2023

Developed by Mercedes-Benz Trucks, eActros will be tested on the road by Amazon and Rhenus, with plans for series production in 2024.

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