Fabrics/Preforms
Plant tour: AvCarb, Lowell, Mass., U.S.
Composites are often selected for their structural properties, but at AvCarb, innovation in carbon fiber-based products has driven fuel cell technology advances for decades.
Read MoreCAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Microtex Composites
Microtex Composites presents Microtex-Style, a new composite fabric option to support creative part and structure customization for industry customers.
Read MoreCAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Composite Alliance Corp.
Composite part design and fabrication is supported through standard and custom solutions with global tooling, machinery and service supplier Composite Alliance Corp.
Read MoreCAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Teubert
Teubert highlights enhancements made to its continuous compression molding (CCM) system, including production scale-up, reducing required energy during production, live measurement of pressure distribution.
Read MoreThe Gill Corp. announces novel Gillcore HF fiberglass honeycomb core
High-temperature fiberglass-reinforced phenolic honeycomb core meets all AMS 3715 requirements with optimized moisture resistance.
Read MoreCAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Kastilo Technical Fabrics GmbH
Kastilo highlights its specialization in PTFE-coated fabrics and belts, including its Magic Surface film lamination coating and PTFE-coated Multiple fabric/belts.
Read MoreAGY, Kaneka develop transparent fiber-reinforced composite
The S-2 Glass fiber/epoxy material offers tunable transparency, low haze, good impact and mechanical properties.
Read MoreDoing the twist: A look at dimensional issues in high-temperature cured laminates
When it’s not the tooling, the root cause of dimensionally inaccurate composite parts often boils down to two things: fiber form(s) used and laminate symmetry.
Read MoreMaterials & Processes: Fibers for composites
The structural properties of composite materials are derived primarily from the fiber reinforcement. Fiber types, their manufacture, their uses and the end-market applications in which they find most use are described.
Read MoreJEC World 2022, Part 3: Emphasizing emerging markets, thermoplastics and carbon fiber
CW editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan identifies companies exhibiting at JEC World 2022 that are advancing both materials and technologies for the growing AAM, hydrogen, automotive and sustainability markets.
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