Materials
RTP Company develops light and tough thermoplastic compounds
LT Compounds can accomplish weight reductions in parts molded with glass fiber reinforcement without compromising performance or requiring modifications to existing tools.
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Airborne Oil & Gas to supply TCP for vessel-to-shore concrete operations
Thermoplastic composite pipe will be used by OSL Concrete to pump ready-mix concrete from vessel-based operations to land construction sites.
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People on the Move: May 2018
CW’s monthly roundup of people on the move in the composites industry.
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Pultruded composites market growing, says EPTA
The European Pultrusion Technology Association (EPTA, Frankfurt, Germany) has published an in-depth report on its highly successful 2018 conference, held in Vienna on March 1-2, 2018. The 12-page document, World Pultrusion Conference 2018: Attractive Long-Term Prospects for Pultruded Composites, is available to download from the EPTA website.
Read MoreSaertex develops glass-fiber reinforcement material for wind-turbine rotor blades
The new high-strength glass unidirectional fabric achieves tensile strengths that are reportedly up to 20% higher than conventional glass UD fabrics
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Premium Aerotec presents thermoplastic CFRP A320 pressure bulkhead
Premium Aerotec shows the potential that CFRP with a thermoplastic matrix holds for the future with the world’s first demonstrator for an A320 pressure bulkhead.
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Shape offers novel visual options with preforming technology
The ShapeTex preform uses a continuous tow of carbon fiber laid down to create a zero waste, optimized and accurately sized preform.
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AOC to be acquired by CVC Capital Partners
AOC, global producer of resin chemistries for composites, has signed a definitive agreement with CVC Capital Partners to be acquired.
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The future of CFRP aerostructures assembly
Metrology, robotics and inline inspection cut cost, reduce shimming and enable future automated production of three vertical tail planes per day.
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Big composite container protects vital satellite
Before they experience the vibrations of launch and the rigors of the space environment, satellites first have to make it to the launch pad. Pagnotta Engineering Inc. (PEI, Exton, PA, US) was called upon by Orbital ATK (Dulles, VA, US) to design a shipping box to protect Orbital ATK’s GEOStar-3 geosynchronous satellite bus structure, during shipment.
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