Infrastructure
Removing barriers to lightweighting ships with composites
EU consortia propel large demonstrators, new technology and affordable certification.
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Offshore wind expands in Europe, Japan and, potentially, in the Northeast U.S.
Hundreds of offshore turbines will be installed in Europe and Asia, but the U.S. falls behind waiting on a green light from the government.
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ACMA announces 2020 Infrastructure Day
ACMA’s fifth Infrastructure Day in Feb. 2020 will gather political and composites manufacturing leaders in Washington D.C. to discuss infrastructure legislation.
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Composite pole and fire shield successfully endure forest fire tests
The test was part of an initiative by RS Technologies Inc. to develop new test methods for fiber-reinforced utility poles.
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Urban air mobility: The action heats up
Columnist Dale Brosius reflects on the current state of the under-development urban air mobility (UAM) market, where it’s headed, and what it all means for the composites industry.
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Additive Molding promises mass-produced high-performance composites
Arris Composites introduces a patent-pending technology that manufactures high-performance thermoplastic composite components with a combination of additive manufacturing technology and high-speed compression molding. Has mass production of advanced composite components finally arrived?
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Kordsa works with Ford Otosan to develop composite leaf springs for heavy trucks
Prepreg compression molding prototype achieves 75% weight savings while boosting performance.
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Modular, mobile, multiple robotics poised to change the AFP/ATL paradigm
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is working on two multi-robot automated fiber and tape placement technologies that could change the paradigm in large-part aerocomposites manufacturing.
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Stajvelo e-bike built with Solvay long-fiber thermoplastic material
An injection-molded composite e-bike features thermoplastic composites.
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Keeping things moving with FRP
Two recent projects using fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bridge decking material from Composite Advantage (Dayton, Ohio, U.S.) demonstrate the increasing role of composites in infrastructure.
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