Automotive
Plastic-metal hybrid auto structure named SPE Hall of Fame winner
The plastic-metal hybrid front end automotive structure, built by Ford Motor Co. with LANXESS glass fiber-filled PA6 resin, reduced costs and weight compared to all-steel structures.
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Addcomposites' virtual demo on how to make an AFP composite laminate
Readers are walked through how to program and operate the AFP-XS plug and play system.
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Scheurer Swiss supplies 3D printed parts for racecar engine
A Swiss engineering company used 3D-printing to quickly produce carbon fiber-reinforced composite engine parts for the Toyota FT-60.
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Porsche production car produced using natural fiber composites
Porsche’s new 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport production vehicle features biofiber composite body panels.
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Light wagon for freight trains
The chassis of the trolley consists of a lattice girder structure in the middle segment and load-optimized headboards.
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Automated joining of hybrid metal-thermoplastic composite structures
The FlexHyJoin production cell combines surface structuring, induction and laser joining and NDT for automotive mass production.
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Composites Index contraction slowed in August
The Index indicated expansionary readings in production, supplier deliveries and exports, but was pulled lower by employment, new orders and backlogs.
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Cevotec system saves time, material in hydrogen storage vessel production
The company’s SAMBA-series fiber patch placement technology applies carbon fiber patches to the dome area to produce storage vessels for fuel cell electric vehicles.
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U.K. Department of International Trade hosts CAMX workshop
The composites workshop and networking reception will take place Wednesday, Sept. 25 from 2:30-5:00 p.m.
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