Materials
Dura Composites raises charity money with GFRP upcycling events
After raising more than £600 for three charities at its February event, Dura Composites invites people back to its Operations Centre on May 13, 2023 to purchase composite products for upcycling opportunities.
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Spur offers Hardex structural foam core as alternative to low-weight cores in sandwich composites
Recyclable, closed-cell XPP foam offers good properties, resistance, recycled content/recyclability and thermoformability, including fusion/welding with PP-based composite skins.
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SHD, Lineat signs terms for sustainable carbon fiber composites
Alignment of “recycled” and waste carbon fiber material via a patented manufacturing technology process will encourage more sustainable, circular composite materials development.
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Porcher Industries strengthens partnership with Terre de Lin
Technical and commercial cooperation enables Terre de Lin to deliver flax rovings to Porcher for the production of woven Polypreg Flax/TP composite reinforcements.
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Bio-inspired EV underbody panel developed by TPI Composites, Helicoid Industries
Composite underbody panel for battery pack protection, made of stacked multiaxial noncrimp fabric, will serve high-volume commercial and automotive markets.
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INCA secures $40 million funding commitment for biocomposites development
INCA Renewable Technologies targets commercialization of hemp-based biocomposites line for automotive, wind, marine industries, moves forward with processing facility construction.
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Exel Composites pultruded rods enhance Umbrosa parasol durability
The Belgium-based manufacturer chose pultruded fiberglass ribs for many of its umbrella and parasol designs to effectively endure exposure to high wind speeds, saltwater, rain and UV.
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Colored carbon fiber composite bike wheels launched at The Cycle Show
Wheel brand Parcours reveals composite bike wheels using Hypetex colored carbon fiber to achieve aesthetic, lightweight and performance goals.
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Viritech and Haydale pursue new functionalized materials for Type V composite vessels for hydrogen storage
Goal is considerable weight savings via lightweight, impermeable pressure vessels without a liner, further advance in Graph-Pro structural storage tanks with integrated fixation.
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21st century concrete: composite metamaterial with super compressability, energy harvesting
Material comprising 3D-printed, auxetic, reinforced polymer lattices in conductive cement matrix can compress up to 15% and generate electricity for lightweight, mechanically tunable structures with energy harvesting and sensing.
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