Carbon Fibers

Prepregs

Hexcel prepregs power cleaner ocean transport with Chantiers de l’Atlantique Silenseas project

HexPly supplied M9.6 carbon fiber prepregs for a 34-meter-high cruise ship mast. Silenseas production scale-up objectives for future vessels intend for the development of three 66-meter-high carbon fiber masts.

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Sustainability

Vestas looks to scale up blade recycling partnership solution offering to U.S. and other regions

Vestas seeks areas where local recycling infrastructure is robust, and customer demand can be established. Recycling methods can include cement co-processing, gasification, development of new composite materials and reclamation.

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Carbon Fibers

Illini Solar Car team composite vehicle paves way for success in American Solar Challenge

AERO Sustainable Material Technology sponsorship sustainably safeguards the carbon fiber body of the car from degradation, further contributes to team placement.

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Automotive

Carbon fiber in automotive: At a dead end?

For decades, carbon fiber has failed to break through into mainstream automotive applications as the composites industry has hoped it would. Alternative composite applications suggest future opportunities still remain bright.   

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Automotive

RML Short Wheelbase vehicle nears completion

While it has an unusual name, this limited-edition British sports car is fast, stylish and composites-intensive.

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Mass Transit

Autonomous, electric shuttle retrofitted with CRP Technology Windform materials

Advanced 3D printing production process and Windform composite materials used to manufacture the required motor cover and washer reservoir flap valve components, account for Olli 2.0’s pod-like shape.

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Trends

Teijin to carry out life cycle assessment of carbon fiber

Life cycle assessment (LCA) will aid in calculating carbon emissions for all of its carbon fiber filament applications.

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ATL/AFP

Hengshen to produce rear pressure bulkhead demonstrators

China-based Hengshen Carbon and Composites will produce five 4.5-meter demonstrator composite rear pressure bulkheads (RPB) for a Chinese aerospace OEM.

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Trends

Rocket Lab unveils composite Neutron launch vehicle

Live streamed web event reveals detailed Neutron rocket architecture for the first time, including its carbon fiber launch vehicle and second stage, and new Archimedes rocket engine, all designed for reliability and reusability.

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Carbon Fibers

Setforge to serially produce composite parts using 9T Labs technology

The former metal component forger seeks the disruptive manufacture of high-performance CFRTP parts using 9T Labs’ Red Series Additive Fusion Solution platform for current and new markets.

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