Out of Autoclave

Out-of-autoclave processing: <1% void content?

Research sheds light on air and air-bubble behavior in OOA aerospace prepregs.

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Carbon Fibers

Carbon fiber as a replacement for glass fiber in D-LFT auto parts

Research progresses toward attainment of 80-90% of continuous carbon fiber tensile modulus in lighter parts molded from direct long fiber thermoplastic compounds.

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Aerospace

The ends will be justified by the means

CW Editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan recalls the one question he's consistently fielded throughout his quarter century in magazine editing and publishing: “Don’t you worry about running out of things to write about?” Here's his answer.

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Glass/epoxy RTM process yields “four-in-one” auto suspension blade

Hutchison (Levallois Perret, France) caused a stir at JEC Europe with its Trifunctional Auto Suspension.

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Aerospace

News Briefs: JEC Europe 2015

Briefs on Hexcel, AkzoNobel, Ashland.

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Carbon/epoxy overbraided, RTM’d spring carrier beam

Munich Composites (Ottobrunn, Germany) won a JEC Innovation award in the Transportation Category for its carbon fiber air spring carrier part.

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ATL/AFP

Trends in automation: ATL and AFP technologies increase speed, flexibility

Many automated production solutions were on offer at JEC Europe 2015, and several companies made announcements.

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Automotive

Dow: 60-second epoxy is in range with liquid compression molding

Dow Automotive Systems (Horgen, Switzerland) made big news at JEC Europe 2014 with the introduction of VORAFORCE, its ultralow-viscosity, fast-cure epoxy for automotive molding.

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Automotive

Hexion is Hexion again, with a 60-second epoxy in hand

Resins manufacturer Hexion (Columbus, OH, US), which has spent the past few years going by the name Momentive, is back to being called Hexion.

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Schuler composite press in operation at National Composites Centre

This press is producing parts within less than five minutes.

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U.S. Polychemical Acrastrip
Wabash
ELFOAM rigid foam products
Kent Pultrusion
Toray Advanced Composites hi-temperature materials
CompositesWorld
Alpha’s Premier ESR®
NewStar Adhesives - Nautical Adhesives
Airtech International Inc.