Carbon Fibers

IACMI 21 May 2018

IACMI, DuPont, Fibrtec and Purdue University explore new thermoplastics manufacturing process

New carbon fiber composite manufacturing process exhibits improved fabric formability characteristics compared to traditional woven materials.

Carbon Fibers 19 May 2018

4M production line site selection underway

The company has short-listed Tennessee and Georgia as possible sites for its carbon fiber product demonstration line using advanced atmospheric plasma oxidation.

Carbon Fibers 18 May 2018

OceanGate's Titanic expedition rescheduled

The five-person carbon fiber and titanium submersible Titan will survey the Titanic wreckage in the summer of 2019.

Epoxies 14 May 2018

SGL and Automotive Management Consulting announce cooperation to develop "xFK in 3D" technology

SGL Sigrapreg TowPreg used in patented 3D winding process to produce lightweight, optimized composite structures with efficiency, speed and reduced waste.

Carbon Fibers 13 May 2018

Getting carbon fiber cost down

4M Carbon Fiber Corp. says its objective is to demonstrate that standard modulus carbon fiber can be made from textile grade PAN precursor using significantly less energy and in less than half the processing time, thus cutting carbon fiber manufacturing cost by about 50%. Plasma oxidation is the key.

Construction 10 May 2018

Update on CTC Global's ACCC Conductor

The carbon fiber core powerline product has recently been installed in South Carolina, India and Spain.

Wind/Energy 7 May 2018

People on the Move: May 2018

CW’s monthly roundup of people on the move in the composites industry.

Wind/Energy 6 May 2018

Pultruded composites market growing, says EPTA

The European Pultrusion Technology Association (EPTA, Frankfurt, Germany) has published an in-depth report on its highly successful 2018 conference, held in Vienna on March 1-2, 2018. The 12-page document, World Pultrusion Conference 2018: Attractive Long-Term Prospects for Pultruded Composites, is available to download from the EPTA website.

Aerospace 4 May 2018

Premium Aerotec presents thermoplastic CFRP A320 pressure bulkhead

Premium Aerotec shows the potential that CFRP with a thermoplastic matrix holds for the future with the world’s first demonstrator for an A320 pressure bulkhead.