Automotive

Lanxess thermoplastics lightweight Geely front end carrier component

Evaluated and tested by Lanxess, the high-modulus, high-flow PA6 material reinforced with 50% glass fiber achieves high stiffness and strength for the multi-component assembly.

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Carbon Fibers

Hexcel, HP Composites develop carbon fiber Class A body panels

Italian component producer combines composites processing expertise with Hexcel HexPly XF3 surfacing material, HexPly M47 and HexPly M49 prepregs for supersport sedan external body panels.

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AMULET project aims to create new value chains for fiber-reinforced polymers and CMCs

R&D demonstration projects targeting current challenges in auto, aero, energy and building will be developed to reach TRL7 with the goal of accelerating industrial use of advanced lightweight materials.

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Feature

Refrigerated railcar floor expands composites horizons

TrinityRail, in an effort to update a 20-year-old design, seizes the opportunity to apply composites in a structural application in its refrigerated railcar. It’s a first for the rail and composites industry.

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Defense

Bleeding Edge develops blast-resistant composite armor

Bleeding Edge has created a series of customized urethane composite materials that are reportedly capable of resisting the blasts from an IED and M19 landmine, as well as a polymer transparent armor that is ballistic resistant.

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Fabrics/Preforms

CosiMo: Smart thermoplastic RTM process demonstrated for battery box cover challenge simulator

Project uses network of DEA, temperature/pressure and ultrasonic sensors plus digital simulation and AI modeling to monitor and optimize injection of caprolactam into complex glass fiber preform and in-situ polymerization of PA6.

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Trends

Teijin Automotive Technologies unifies five automotive materials companies

Continental Structural Plastics, Inapal Plásticos, Benet Automotive, CSP Victall and Teijin Automotive Center Europe join together, provide global solutions for composites mobility solutions.

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Feature

Hydrogen is poised to fuel composites growth, Part 1

Applications abound for composite tanks to store compressed H2 gas, but challenges exist in cost, size, efficiency and limited carbon fiber capacity.

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Natural fiber-intensive Aura EV concept car unveiled

The all-electric vehicle concept was developed with natural fiber composite body panels designed by BAMD Composites with Bcomp materials.

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Consumer

Short carbon fiber compounds expand reach of thermoplastic composites

With fiber weight fractions of up to 50% and an array of thermoplastic matrices available, injection molding compounds are expanding composites’ capabilities.

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