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Thermoplastic composite demonstrators — EU roadmap for future airframes

There is a TPC development roadmap in Europe, supported by Airbus and a variety of aerospace consortia, and involving almost every major aerostructures supplier in Europe.

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Consumer

Solvay, deBotech announced as USA Bobsled and Skeleton technology partners

Solvay and deBotech will provide custom designed high quality carbon fiber composite equipment.  

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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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Aerospace

CAMX 2017: Highlights from the floor

3D printing and nanotechnology developments promise to cut time and cost in composite structures production while recycling and sustainability continue to grow in importance.

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Shape Machining proves snap-cure molding capabilities

UK-based Shape Machining used TenCate snap-cure prepregs with a 4-minute cure to prove the viability of the material for high-volume automotive composites.

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Carbon Fibers

Carbon-Kevlar hybrid redefines the hinge

Composite design outperforms comparable stainless steel at same price.  

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Glass Fibers

Improving one-piece aerostructures by automating preforming

IAI’s fully automated “one-shot” RTM production line cuts helicopter seat cost 30% vs. hand layup prepreg.

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Carbon Fibers

SGL offers high-performance organosheet and thermoplastics for overmolding

“Thermoplastic toolbox” includes LFT, UD tapes, woven semi-finished sheets and carbon/glass hybrids in PA and polyolefins for automotive and other high-volume applications.

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Prepregs

Carbon-Kevlar Hinge

Besting metal hardware in weight, thickness, 3X load capacity and 1 million fatigue cycles with no degradation.

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Prepregs

Automated preforming: Intelligent automation in pick-and-place systems

Layups go industrial with hand-like grippers that can fold fabric or prepreg into corners and robot-mounted cameras that inspect from fabric to cut plies to fiber gaps in final preforms.

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