Fabrics/Preforms
Design engineering of tailored preforms
Tailored preforming has opened new doors in composites fabrication, but designing for it requires tools that understand and work with this complex process.
Read More
JEC World 2019 preview: SABIC
SABIC (Pittsfield, Mass., U.S., 6/P12) is highlighting the progress of its Digital Composites Manufacturing line, an automated digital systems for rapid, large-scale laminate manufacturing, via a 360-degree virtual reality experience.
Read MoreJEC World 2019 preview: Hexcel
Hexcel (Stamford, Conn., U.S.) is featuring range of composite innovations for customer applications in aerospace, automotive, energy and marine markets.
Read More
JEC World 2019 preview: Biteam
Biteam (Stockholm, Sweden, 5/B61) is featuring a range of carbon fiber 3D noodles or preforms to fill the deltoid or triangular cavity created when two oppositely curving laminates are laid next to each other in composites fabrication.
Read More
JEC World 2019 preview: Michelman
Michelman (Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.) is introducing its family of Unyte surface modifiers formulated specifically for manufacturers of technical textiles and prepreg fabrics.
Read More
Thermoplastic overmolded thermosets, 2-minute cycle, one cell
Adhesive-free, functionalized hybrid composites enabled by industry-first, integrated molding cell.
Read More
JEC World 2019 preview: Institut für Textiltechnik at RWTH Aachen University
The Institute für Textiltechnik at RWTH Aachen University (ITA) and the Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Construction (AZL, Aachen, Germany) will demonstrate expertise in glass fibers, preforms and textile concrete at their joint booth at JEC World 2019.
Read More
Kordsa continues to expand into aerospace industry
The reinforcement leader has signed an agreement to invest in U.S.-based Axiom Materials, supplier of advanced composites for aerospace and industrial applications.
Read More
Going discontinuous, for continuous improvement
The HiPerDiF (High Performance Discontinuous Fibre) project is exploring an alternate way of producing high-performance carbon fiber composites: start with discontinuous, rather than continuous fibers.
Watch
Carbon fiber will enable air taxi eVTOLs
Aircraft and autos have indeed faced CFRP production woes, but new tech opens door for both.
Read More
