Carbon Fibers

Carbon Fibers

Webinar: Disk springs using carbon fiber composites

CompositesWorld is presenting a free MW Industries-sponsored webinar on Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. EST titled, “Disruptive Alternative for Metal Compression Springs Expands Product Development Possibilities.”

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Aerospace

Plant tour: Diamond Aircraft Austria, Wiener Neustadt, Austria

Composites use among general aviation manufacturers is far from unusual, but none apply them quite like this airframer does.

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Aerospace

Solvay, Strata joint venture to supply Boeing with composite materials

Facility to be commissioned in 2020 and to anchor a growing advanced manufacturing sector.

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RTM

Audi R8 seat wall: A prelude to production

Audi takes it upon itself to design and develop carbon fiber composite structures that, the company hopes, will enter high-rate production.

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Carbon Fibers

Solvay acquires European Carbon Fiber GmbH

The strategic acquisition of European Carbon Fiber enables Solvay to develop a portfolio of large-tow carbon fibers to complement its existing range of pitch and PAN aerospace grade carbon fibers.

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Mass Transit

Toyota fuel cell bus features carbon fiber composite roof

Toho Tenax carbon fiber and aluminum are combined in fabrication of roof for Toyota hydrogen-powered bus. 

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Mass Transit

SGL offers high-performance organosheet and thermoplastics for overmolding

“Thermoplastic toolbox” includes LFT, UD tapes, woven semi-finished sheets and carbon/glass hybrids in PA and polyolefins for automotive and other high-volume applications.

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Pultrusion

CW Talks: How carbon fiber beat out steel in elevator cabling

CW Talks: The Composites Podcast learns from KONE’s Steve Gonzalez how pultruded carbon fiber UltraRope was developed to help move elevators up and down in the world’s tallest buildings.

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Out of Autoclave

CFRP bests steel in precision ball joints

Near-zero backlash in bearings and automation components.  

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Carbon Fibers

Boeing begins 777X production

The Boeing company (Everett, WA, US) kicked off production of the 777X aircraft with a company ceremony on October 23. The “reveal” included a video of the composite wing spars. 

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