Carbon Fibers

Carbon Fibers

BigHead Bonding Fasteners wins funding for autocomposites work

UK-based bigHead Bonding Fasteners has won funding with Cranfield University to expand its capabilities for automotive composites applications.

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Carbon Fibers

New composite pipe designed for extreme subsea oil and gas operations

The m-pipe subsea intervention line is the longest VICTREX PEEK-based solution ever made.

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Carbon Fibers

TeXtreme spotlights composite protective headgear

At JEC World 2016, spread-tow reinforcements specialist Oxeon AB (Borås, Sweden) had on hand the recently announced Avance MIPS, an innovative ski racing helmet made by protective headwear manufacturer Giro Sport Design (Santa Cruz, CA, US).

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Business briefs: May 2016

ELG Carbon Fibre Ltd. and recycled carbon fiber.

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Thermoplastics

JEC World 2016: Fully recyclable sailboat hull demonstrator

Arkema (Colombes, France), in addition to news of its collaboration with Polystrand (Englewood, CO, US), had as the centerpiece of its stand a complete carbon fiber sailboat hull made with the company’s trademarked Elium liquid thermoplastic resin.

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Aerospace

JEC World: Aerospace highlights

Fokker Aerostructures BV (Hoogeveen, The Netherlands), a GKN Aerospace company, demonstrated at its stand a thermoplastic composite aircraft demonstrator spoiler, fully functional and consisting of only three parts: top skin, bottom skin and a single spar.

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Teijin goes public with long-awaited Sereebo molding process

Teijin (Tokyo, Japan) revealed in Paris for the first time many details about its Sereebo high-volume composites manufacturing process.

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Out of Autoclave

BMW cars again a composites showcase at JEC World 2016

BMW AG (Wolfsburg, Germany), already notable for its progressive use of composite materials in its i3 and i8 automobiles, provided the Parisian canvas for a palate of composites innovations.

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Wind/Energy

In defense of glass fiber

Given the hype around carbon fiber, CW columnist Dale Brosius says it's easy to overlook the importance and future of glass fiber.

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Space

CFRP: Opportunities in orthopedics

Carbon fiber has a niche, but can it secure a larger piece of a high-growth pie?

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