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Carbon Fibers

Thermoplastic composites: Past the tipping point?

The manufacturing world watched a decade ago as automatically placed thermoset composite tapes replaced aluminum in commercial airframes and made composites a household word in markets around the world. Has the time come for thermoplastic composite tapes to make a similar impact?

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Hexcel, Arkema forge thermoplastic composites alliance

Carbon fiber source Hexcel and thermoplastics supplier Arkema partnered in March to provide thermoplastic composite solutions targeted to commercial aircraft OEMs for next-gen aircraft.

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RTM

Automated Preforming, Part 6: Coriolis Composites

Pioneer in automated fiber placement (AFP) advances preforms for overmolded thermoplastic composites enabling production of one automotive part every 20 seconds.

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Consumer

JEC World 2018 preview: Cevotec

Scalable SAMBA systems now ready for prepreg

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Feature

Consolidating thermoplastic composite aerostructures in place, Part 2

Thermoplastic composite structures could eliminate the autoclave and fasteners, but will a one- or two-step process prevail?

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Fraunhofer and Conbility join forces to commercialize tape layer

Two AZL Aachen GmbH partners have joined forces for commercialization of a tape-placement and tape winding system.

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Aerospace

SGL, Fraunhofer launch fiber placement tech center

The Fiber Placement Center in SGL’s Meitingen, Germany, facility is also supported by Compositence GmbH and BA Composites GmbH.

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30 years for CGTech

CGTech, the developer of trademarked VERICUT sofware, is proud to celebrate three decades of innovation and growth.

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Ketones

I want to say two words to you: “Thermoplastic tapes”

Thermoplastic tapes are not new to composites, but they soon will join the primary aerostructures material palette and could be their future.

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Automation

Improving composites processing with automated inspection

Automated, in-situ inspection bypasses the bottleneck of manual inspection.  

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