Carbon Fibers

Carbon Fibers

The lessons behind OceanGate

Carbon fiber composites faced much criticism in the wake of the OceanGate submersible accident. CW’s publisher Jeff Sloan explains that it’s not that simple.

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Pressure Vessels

Impulse Space secures $45 million to support vehicle development, production

Developer of in-space transportation vehicles using CFRP tanks raises capital investment from Raytheon Technologies (RTX) Ventures.

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Aerospace

Composites manufacturing for general aviation aircraft

General aviation, certified and experimental, has increasingly embraced composites over the decades, a path further driven by leveraged innovation in materials and processes and the evolving AAM market.

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Sustainability

Swancor obtains GRS-certified recycled carbon fiber

One hundred percent recyclable fibers have been achieved from composite components made from the company’s EzCiclo thermoset resin.

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Optimized approach to predict delamination failure in CFRTP structures

ARRK Engineering and Mitsui Chemicals improved delamination prediction accuracy to help optimize absorbed energy/failure load for an overmolded TAFNEX CF/PP UD tape bumper beam.

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CAMX

Carbon fiber tooling addresses aerocomposites pain points

CAMX 2023: The result of extensive R&D, BlackBoard by Harcourt Industrial enhances efficiency, reduce costs and improve overall manufacturing performance compared to Invar tools.

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CAMX

High-tech enterprise specializes in carbon fiber production, supply

CAMX 2023: Bost Carbon Materials, established in 2012 in Hunan, China, develops and sells rigid composite felt, high-purity graphite felt, soft felt and carbon-carbon composite materials.

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Carbon Fibers

Toray to increase carbon fiber tow capacity by more than 20%

Capital investments to Spartanburg, S.C., and Gumi, Korea facilities, in response to market demand, will increase annual capability to 35,000 metrics tons beginning in 2025.

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Carbon Fibers

Hybrid prepreg maximizes performance of carbon fiber structures

CAMX 2023: Specialty Materials enhances its Hy-Bor portfolio of prepregs containing boron and carbon fibers, which are used to selectively reinforce aerospace, space and sport goods applications.

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Trends

Paris Air Show 2023 highlights

The Paris Air Show, one of the largest aerospace trade shows in the world, returned for the first time since 2019 and proved that the global aviation industry industry is very much alive and kicking.

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