Out of Autoclave

Fabrics/Preforms

JEC World 2018: The highlights

JEC World is the composites industry’s largest trade show and did not disappoint this year.

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Bonding

Hexion products target wind blade production

Hexion Inc. has introduced a new tackifying spray system as well as new epoxy bonding paste and resin repair kits for use in wind turbine rotor blade maintenance.

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Pressure Vessels

Wind blade spar caps: Pultruded to perfection?

Introduced to the market about five years ago, pultruded, carbon fiber-reinforced spar caps, incorporated as the reinforcing member of wind turbine rotor blades, are a byproduct of the evolution and increasing technological sophistication of the global wind energy industry.

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Infusion

3M introduces spray adhesive for infusion applications

3M has launched Hi Tack Composite Spray Adhesive 71 for infusion composites fabricating applications, particularly in industrial, marine and transportation markets.

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Out of Autoclave

Carbon fiber/epoxy in production boats

Scout Boats and now Hinckley Yachts showcase how demand for lighter, faster performance pushes materials and process change.

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Out of Autoclave

VELOX, c-m-p develop hot-melt, solvent-free prepreg technology

VELOX GmbH has partnered c-m-p GmbH to develop a new hot-melt, solvent-free prepreg impregnation technology targeted toward automotive and sports equipment applications using autoclave or out-of-autoclave (OOA) processes, including compression molding.

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Fabrics/Preforms

TeXtreme introduces ±45° fabric

TeXtreme has launched a new ±45° spread tow-based fabric called Spread Tow Grid.

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Adhesives

JEC World 2018: Highlights

You will read more about what we discovered at JEC World 2018 in the coming weeks and months, but for now this is a quick review of some of the highlights from the world’s largest composites trade show.

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Epoxies

Sicomin epoxy systems used in TAF's Sling aircraft

Sicomin has been working with The Airplane Factory to develop enhanced and efficient production methods for the flagship range of Sling aircrafts.

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RTM

Automated Preforming, Part 6: Coriolis Composites

Pioneer in automated fiber placement (AFP) advances preforms for overmolded thermoplastic composites enabling production of one automotive part every 20 seconds.

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ELFOAM rigid foam products
Kent Pultrusion
Wabash
Greenerd Compression Molding
Custom Hydraulic Press Manufacturing
Toray Advanced Composites hi-temperature materials
Real Time Resin Degassing Measurement
Large Scale Additive Manufacturing
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