Automotive

Pressure Vessels 8 Dec 2014

ADL to purchase GKN carbon fiber Hybrid Power flywheels

Scotland-based bus and coach manufacturer ADL will purchase 250 GKN Hybrid Power flywheels for energy storage and discharge.

RTM 3 Dec 2014

SPE ACCE report

Automotive composites still on the horizon — are they getting closer?

Wind/Energy 1 Dec 2014

CNG tanks: Pressure vessel epicenter

In the pressure vessel market, there are a number of competing designs offered around the world, including a small number of new CNG Type V “linerless” designs, which have recently received regulatory approval for use in vehicle applications.

Electric Vehicles 1 Dec 2014

Pressure vessels for alternative fuels, 2014-2023

Lower fuel costs and escalating emissions standards are driving a 10 percent annual growth in alternative fuel pressure vessel sales.

Aerospace 30 Nov 2014

Recycled carbon fiber: Comparing cost and properties

Alex Edge, sales and business development manager for recycler ELG Carbon Fibre (Coseley, U.K.), says his company’s recycled carbon fiber (RCF) products can offer from 30 to 40 percent cost savings vs. virgin carbon fiber (VCF). Tim Rademacker, a managing director at competitor CFK Valley Recycling (Stade, Germany) cites savings of 20 to 30 percent.

Aerospace 30 Nov 2014

Recycled carbon fiber update: The supply side

Commercial recyclers aren’t alone in their pursuit of fiber reclamation. Textile converters have joined the effort.

Injection/Overmolding 29 Nov 2014

CAMISMA’s car seat back: Hybrid composite for high volume

Recycled fibers, in-situ polymerized PA12 and steel inserts combined in one-shot process to cut weight 40 percent at competitive cost, cycle time and safety.

Automotive 29 Nov 2014

Aerospace and automotive: Convergence on the horizon?

Guest columnist and composites industry consultant Dale Brosius reviews his own history with composites to support his contention that the once very different worlds of aerospace and automobile manufacture are not, as far as composites are concerned, so different anymore.