Epoxies

CAMX 2018 preview: Henkel

Henkel (Rocky Point, CT, US) is emphasizing in booth T13 its line of composite processing solutions for the entire manufacturing and bonding process, including mold releases, liquid shims, lightning strike protection and surfacing films, paste adhesives, machinable syntactic pastes and films, machinable adhesive films and low-viscosity composite resins.

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Carbon Fibers

Making prepreg tape more accessible

Cygnet Texkimp’s new slitter-spooler offers economical production of high-quality tapes and vertical integration for manufacturers to access a much wider market.

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Shape expands pattern machining capacity

The company has grown its capacity for epoxy pattern machining with a recent expansion.

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Epoxies

Continuous Fiber Manufacturing (CFM) with moi composites

Continuous fiber 3D printing using epoxy, vinylester and acrylic with continuous glass, carbon, basalt and other fibers, including deposition along nonlinear curves, is only the beginning.

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Adhesives

CAMX 2018 preview: Andara

Andara LLC (Sheboygan, WI, US) is featuring its line of styrene-free NOVOC resins for use in coatings, composites and other applications.

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Epoxies

CAMX 2018 preview: Olin

Epoxy manufacturer Olin Corp. (Clayton, MO, US) is unveiling several new technologies for composite applications, which will be shown in finished products on display in Olin’s booth

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Epoxies

Musings about heat shields

NASA’s Orion capsule employs an ablative material based on the same heat shield coating used for the Apollo missions.

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Wind/Energy

A fascinating inside look at a marine design – three decades ago

Fabricated by Gougeon Manufacturing in 1990, Incognito is a composite catamaran that’s still setting speed records and besting much newer craft.

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Automotive

New horizons in welding thermoplastic composites

Latest developments in qualification, production and applications for aerospace and automotive.

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Roth filament winder to facilitate major Ariane 6 weight/cost cuts

One of the world’s largest filament winding systems will soon begin manufacturing components for the Ariane 6 space launch vehicle, which is expected to transport satellites into Earth orbit for the European Space Agency (ESA) as early as 2020.

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Park Aerospace Corp.
Compression Molding
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Wickert Hydraulic Presses
Ad showing Janicki CNC Mill machining part in tool
Release agents and process chemical specialties
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recycle carbon fiber
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