Carbon Fibers
Overmolding as enabler for composites, aerospace to automotive
CCP Gransden can make 50 to 100,000 parts/yr economically viable using PEEK, PPS, PEI or PA.
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Rocket Lab successfully deploys payload
Rocket Lab has successfully reached orbit with the test flight of its second all-composite Electron orbital launch vehicle, Still Testing, on Jan. 21.
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CRTC looking for interns
The Composite Recycling Technology Center is looking for two summer interns to work on the development of process and product technologies that use recycled carbon fiber.
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Cevotec dry-fiber bindered tape available for automated placement
Manufacturer of SAMBA automated placement systems offers high-quality material aimed to make series CFRP production economical for non-aerospace applications.
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McLaren opens Composites Technology Center
Jan. 16, 2018 marked the opening of the Yorkshire manufacturing center that, from 2019, will start producing carbon fiber tubs for McLaren Automotive (Woking, UK), the British creator of luxury sportscars and supercars.
Read MoreSiemens Gamesa to supply French offshore project
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE, Zamudio, Spain) will supply its new 8 MW offshore wind turbine, the SG 8.0-167 DD, to the 500 MW Saint Brieuc offshore wind project off France’s Bretagne coast.
Read MoreSGL Carbon sold its shareholding in SGL Kümpers
SGL Group’s production of composites and composite components will now be concentrated at five sites in Germany and Austria.
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Fold-to-form CFRP battery boxes, HP-RTM wishbones
Williams new EV platform demos 223 composite forming process and £20 suspension arms using recycled carbon fiber.
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Chocolate Factory replaces metal parts with Stratasys composite 3D printing material
3D printed replacement machine part, produced in Stratasys FDM Nylon 12CF thermoplastic containing 35% chopped carbon fiber.
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Solvay, deBotech announced as USA Bobsled and Skeleton technology partners
Solvay and deBotech will provide custom designed high quality carbon fiber composite equipment.
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