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Cygnet Texkimp celebrates 50 years in fiber handling, processing technology

Over the last five decades, Cygnet Texkimp’s breadth of portfolio innovations for the composites and technical fiber industries reflects its emphasis on collaboration and continuous development.

Demonstrator project targets circularity solutions in carbon fiber composite sports equipment

The Carbon Fibre Circular Alliance (CFCA) brought together OEMs and technical partners to reclaim short carbon fibers from end-of-life sports equipment, realign into continuous prepreg tapes and remanufacture into new equipment.

NCC commissions Cygnet Texkimp filament winder for hydrogen development

Multifunctional four-axis winding system offering fiber flexibility will underpin the NCC’s work in testing and manufacturing pressure vessels leading to commercial production.

Manufacturing tech for scalable Type V hydrogen tank fabrication, CFRP lifecycle management

Cygnet Texkimp’s Multi Roll Stack and composite recycling technology catalyze ASCEND program’s mission to optimize aerospace, automotive hydrogen storage and CFRP sustainability.

Composites specialist offers fiber handling, converting solutions

CAMX 2023: Visitors will have the opportunity to learn more about Cygnet Texkimp’s creels, filament winding, automation and handling, and recycling, with a special focus on web converting technologies.

A new era for ceramic matrix composites

CMC is expanding, with new fiber production in Europe, faster processes and higher temperature materials enabling applications for industry, hypersonics and New Space.

AMRC fiber handling expertise aids CMC coating technology

The CICSiC project successfully developed equipment and processing know-how associated with the uniform, continuous coating of SiC-based CMC, to bring down cost, and improve performance and reliability for new designs, applications.

Cygnet Texkimp joins U.K. project for hydrogen-powered Ford E-Transit development

Named a technology partner for the three-year FCVGen2.0 project, Cygnet’s role is to optimize the composites recycling machinery and process for EOL composite hydrogen tank reclaim and reuse.

Cygnet Texkimp officially opens Innovation Centre

Facility will act as a development, prototyping and testing space for outside organizations to accelerate development and adoption of composites technologies.

People in composites: March 2023

New personnel and leadership appointments have been announced by Boeing, Impossible Objects, Hypetex and Cygnet Texkimp.

ASCEND program update: Designing next-gen, high-rate auto and aerospace composites

GKN Aerospace, McLaren Automotive and U.K.-based partners share goals and progress aiming at high-rate, Industry 4.0-enabled, sustainable materials and processes.

Top 10 CompositesWorld products of 2022

It was a big year for new products in the composites industry. Take a look at CompositesWorld’s top 10 most popular product pieces based on Google Analytics and check out what you might have missed.

Cygnet Texkimp, Longworth and NCC earn Composites UK 2022 Industry award

“Innovation in Materials” award recognizes successful continuous fiber reclamation and reuse for a composite hydrogen tank.

Composites UK announces 2022 industry award winners

Industry trade association reveals the winners and runner-ups offering composites innovations in materials, manufacture, design, sustainability and more.

Cygnet Texkimp develops high-tension carbon fiber overwrapping solution

Fiber winding technology achieves greater power at higher rotating speeds via high-tension composite wrapping, resulting in enhanced fiber-volume ratio, dimensional stability and lighter parts.

Cygnet Texkimp builds high-precision slitter spooler rewinder for industry trials

Demonstration machine can precisely slit and wind up to 48 tapes from continuous thermoset UD carbon fiber prepreg, with additional material compatibilities.

NCC launches U.K. initiative to industrialize continuous carbon fiber reclamation

The NCC begins a three-year program to rapidly refine and scale industry continuous carbon fiber recycling, a key solution to net-zero ambitions. Partner collaborations are welcomed to the effort.

Carbon Fiber 2022 finalizes conference agenda

Companies like GKN Aerospace, Lilium, Forward Engineering, LM Wind Power and others will present at the composites industry’s preeminent carbon fiber event, Nov. 15-17, 2022 in Greenville, S.C.

Cygnet Texkimp introduces zero-degree filament winding solution

Zero-degree winding, aided by the company’s 3D Winder and Multi-Axis Winder machines, helps manufacturers achieve longitudinal strength in lightweight, structural composite parts.

SpaceAM announces preliminary program for July event

The U.K. conference, to occur July 12-13, 2022 at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, explores the use of advanced materials such as AM and composites through a range of speakers, sessions and topics.

National Composites Centre supports marine industry in bid to tackle composites recycling challenge

The Blue Composites Project, made up of U.K. companies, institutes and organizations, seeks to address key environmental challenges, and will lead to the creation a large-scale GRP FRP recycling and reuse facility.

JEC World 2022, Part 2: Recycling, natural fibers and additive manufacturing

CW associate editor Hannah Mason recaps several technologies seen on display at JEC World 2022, including new developments from Bcomp, Massivit 3D, Gen 2 Carbon and more.

Airbus launches U.K. ZEDC center for hydrogen technologies

Filton, Bristol location will cover full product capabilities from components up to whole system and cryogenic testing, complementing Airbus’ existing ZEDC facilities for the ZEROe’s 2035 entry-into-service date.

Moving toward next-generation wind blade recycling

Suppliers, fabricators and OEMs across the composite wind blade supply chain ramp up existing technologies, develop better reclamation methods and design more recyclable wind blades.

U.K. team successfully recycles reclaimed continuous carbon fibers from pressure tanks

The U.K.’s NCC with partners B&M Longworth and Cygnet Texkimp achieve continuous carbon fiber recovery in a significant first step to deliver sustainable composite pressure vessels for the hydrogen market.

Cygnet Texkimp launches DEECOM composites recycling solution at JEC World 2022

The company is launching B&M Longworth’s patented DEECOM waste recycling process at JEC World, used in combination with Cygnet Texkimp’s fiber-handling technologies.

Pressurized steam-based composites recycling for full fiber reclamation

Longworth’s DEECOM process for composites recycling claims to produce intact fiber and resin reclamation with near-virgin properties.

Cygnet Texkimp thermoplastic lab line build supports composites innovation

Direct Melt Impregnation Thermoplastic Line to enable faster development of composites technology in automotive, aerospace, construction and energy markets through dedicated customer trials.

Hydrogen is poised to fuel composites growth, Part 2

Potential for Type IV composite tanks in H2 refueling stations and distribution, plus targeted cost reductions and emerging technologies for tank recertification and monitoring.

Finalists announced for the 2021 CAMX Award

The CAMX Award will recognize two innovations under its Combined Strength and Unsurpassed Innovation Award that will significantly impact composites and advanced materials.

CAMX 2021 exhibit preview: Cygnet Texkimp

Cygnet Texkimp hopes to accelerate the use of composites in hydrogen technology with its new Filament Winding Innovation Hub, which will enable customers to explore every aspect of the filament winding process.

People in Composites: July 2021

9T Labs, Cygnet Texkimp, Mahr, Michelman, TPI Composites, ChemQuest, Veelo Technologies, Strongwell and Exel Composites announce new hires in the composites manufacturing industry.

Cygnet Texkimp becomes NCC SME Affiliate Scheme member

Membership will give Cygnet Texkimp access to new capabilities and technologies and advance project collaboration between the two partners.

CW Tech Days webinar explores composites in the hydrogen economy

Two-day webinar series presented by Gardner Business Media May 18 and 25 features a range of experts that will examine emerging hydrogen demand and the role composites will serve in this space.

NWCC, Cygnet Texkimp collaboration to advance data on winding capability for composite parts

Research project to demonstrate damage tolerance and impact resistance of composite parts manufactured with new multi-axis winder and 3D winding technologies for further development and commercialization.

GKN Aerospace and partners launch ASCEND to accelerate high-volume composite technologies

£39.6 million ASCEND consortium to strengthen the U.K. industry’s position as the leader of next-generation sustainable aircraft and future mobility technology.

Cygnet Texkimp presents next-generation composites unrolling creel

Flatline Creel uses low-pressure, low-friction patented pneumatic technology to regulate the torque applied to each position on the creel.

Composites UK announces 2020 industry award winners

Industry trade association Composites UK revealed the winners of its industry awards, which include Prodrive Composites, Cygnet Texkimp, Bitrez and more.

Solvay showcases low-cost prepreg and parts approach using Cygnet Texkimp filament winder

High-speed, tailored preforms are used with Solvay double diaphragm forming (DDF) and compression molding to produce cost-effective, medium-volume auto and aero parts.

Cygnet Texkimp supplies high-capacity 3D weaving creel to the AMRC

The University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) will use the creel to help produce woven structures for automotive and aerospace applications.

Cygnet Texkimp signs slitter-spooler contract with Chinese composites company

The industrial-scale machine will be used to slit sheets of carbon fiber prepreg into tapes for aerospace components.

CAMX 2019 exhibit preview: Cygnet Texkimp

Cygnet Texkimp is highlighting its prepreg machinery and fiber processing technologies for the aerospace, automotive, industrial and energy industries.

Collaborative robotics system built for larger fiber loads

Cygnet Texkimp’s collaborative robot system is designed to lift packages of fiber weighing up to 35 kilograms.

Cygnet Texkimp launches four-axis filament winding machine

Cygnet Texkimp recently launched a four-axis filament winder, adding an accessible filament winding option to its lineup while retaining specialized features.

Composites UK reveals 2018 composites industry award winners

300 people from around the world gathered to celebrate the innovations of the UK composites industry and the people behind them.

Filament winding, reinvented

Robots and digital technology deliver speed plus larger, more complex parts, while generative 3D winding obviates mandrels and waste for automotive applications.

Making prepreg tape more accessible

Cygnet Texkimp’s new slitter-spooler offers economical production of high-quality tapes and vertical integration for manufacturers to access a much wider market.

Cygnet Texkimp and University of Manchester develop 3D winding technology

The machine is based on a 9-Axis robotic winding concept and winds carbon fiber into lightweight parts for automotive and aerospace markets.

High-speed, 3D winding of large, complex-shaped composites

Cygnet Texkimp is translating decades of fiber-handling and processing know-how into machinery that opens new opportunities for composites manufacturing.

People on the move: April 2017

Here is this month’s people on the move news in the composites industry.

2013 JEC Europe new product showcase

The JEC Europe 2013 trade show (March 12-14, at the Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France) was the venue for introductions of a large number of new composite materials, technologies and manufacturing processes. Here's the HPC editorial staff's compilation of what was on display.

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