Design & Tooling
Lanxess equips SUVs with Tepex dynalite underbody paneling
Robust thermoplastic panels are 30% lighter than steel designs, features higher resistance to stone impacts or other damage, indicating future applications in electric-, hydrogen-powered vehicles.
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Tri-Mack introduces thin, lightweight thermoplastic composite enclosures
Durable, low-cost manufacturing support wide range of industrial uses, with option for embedded EMI shielding.
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Plyable secures $3.2 million investment to advance custom composite marketplace solution
Funding from Maven Capital Partners, Solvay Ventures and VC Forward Partners backs growth of time- and cost-saving digital composite tooling product.
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Teijin-supported Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam celebrates 10 years
The modern wing’s composite-paneled façade features Teijin Twaron para-aramid fiber and Tenax carbon fiber for a striking, seamless design.
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CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Symmetrix Composite Tooling
Symmetrix Composite Tooling highlights its high-quality sub-millimeter-accurate composite tooling services and its ability to undertake a wide variety of projects.
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Swinburne, Sparc Technologies researchers to create graphene-enabled smart composites
Connected smart structures are being built that can be wirelessly monitored in real time for hard-to-detect defects, enabling safer, more reliable and cheaper air and space travel.
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Thermoplastic composites welding: Process control, certification, crack arresters and surface prep
More widespread use of welded composite structures within a decade? Yes, but further developments are needed.
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Vertical Aerospace conducts successful airborne flight test
British aerospace company celebrates “wheels up” for the first time in a new intensive test program phase, following its CAA permit to fly.
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Clemson Composites Center leads research in low-cost composite tooling
Innovative technology approach to use additive manufacturing and artificial intelligence to produce tools faster, at a lower cost and with less environmental impact.
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Composites enable epic interior for Museum of the Future
For this one-of-a-kind lobby, AFI pioneered digital, reconfigurable molds to achieve organic-shaped, multifunctional panels and stairwell cladding.
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