Out of Autoclave

Out of Autoclave

New Lorenz BMC, SMC pass Euro rail fire standards

A new fire protection standard for German rail transport, DIN EN 45545-2, put forth by DIN (Berlin, Germany) now will regulate and standardize the fire protection requirements on a European level. To meet the new requirement, Lorenz Kunststofftechnik developed two new thermoset molding compounds, BMC 0204 and SMC 0208.

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Sustainability

Composites Germany invites papers

The trade association Composites Germany (Frankfurt, Germany) invites presentations for the upcoming 4th International Composites Congress (ICC), which will take place in Stuttgart November 5-6, 2018, just before Composites Europe.

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Recycling

Fold-to-form CFRP battery boxes, HP-RTM wishbones

Williams new EV platform demos 223 composite forming process and £20 suspension arms using recycled carbon fiber.

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Out of Autoclave

Yes, you clean tooling board with dry ice

Coastal Enterprises and Cold Jet cooperate to assess the use of dry ice blasting to clean the contaminated surface of a high-density urethane tooling board material.

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Weaving

Zero-defect manufacturing of composite parts

ZAero project aims for 30-50% boost in productivity via inline AFP inspection, simulated part performance and decision support tools.

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Sustainability

CW's top 10 digital content of 2017

CW’s first list of 2018 is a simple one: The top 10 most viewed articles on the CompositesWorld website in 2017.

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Aerospace

Solvay to supply materials for the 777X program

Solvay will supply a range of material technologies including out-of-autoclave structural carbon fiber epoxy prepreg, flame resistant interior phenolic prepreg, lightning strike protection surfacing film and structural bonding adhesive.

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Feature

Composite fendering piles fit the bill

Composites replace wood in New Jersey marine fender project.

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Automotive

A range of new products from Huntsman

Huntsman Advanced Materials used the 2017 CAMX show to showcase new products from its Advanced Materials and Huntsman Polyurethanes divisions, including advanced composite resin systems and adhesives.

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ATL/AFP

Driving down costs: Technologies to follow in 2018

Cost drives most decisions about composites use, but most innovation now focuses beyond material cost.  

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