Prepregs

Automotive

ELG Carbon Fibre’s new nonwoven line manufactures 2.7m wide recycled carbon mats

The company believes the materials will appeal to OEMs in the transportation sector seeking cost effective alternatives to virgin carbon fiber for vehicle lightweighting.

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RTM

BMW 7 Series Plant: Dingolfing, Germany

Via four different manufacturing methods, CFRP goes mainstream in automated multi-material BIW and assembly operations at BMW’s busiest plant.

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Epoxies

Huntsman researching opportunities for graphene-enhanced nanocomposites

The company is working on incorporating graphene into its Araldite epoxy resins.

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Automation

Taking the hand out of hand layup

Emerging research shows that it’s possible to automate the hand layup process.

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Mass Transit

Get ready for Composites 4.0!

It might seem like science fiction, but it must be our path if we are to make composites competitive.

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Prepregs

Composites recycling becomes a necessity

Boeing and Airbus each is generating as much as a 1 million lb of cured and uncured carbon fiber prepreg waste each year from 787 and A350 XWB production. If you include the entire supply chain for these planes, the total is closer to 4 million lb/year. And with the automotive industry poised to consume (and waste) more carbon fiber than ever, recycling of composite materials has become an absolute necessity. The technology is there, but the markets are not. Yet.

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Aerospace

Digital twin, digital thread and composites

How the integration of machines, sensors and software is beginning to impact composites manufacturing.

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Ketones

CFRP: Opportunities in orthopedics

Carbon fiber has a niche, but can it secure a larger piece of a high-growth pie?

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Prepregs

Large portable antenna goes lightweight with conductive composites

CFRP matches metal performance at one-third the weight thanks to innovative materials and precision manufacturing.

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Sustainability

JEC World 2016, the full report

CompositesWorld's editors report on the technologies and products that caught our eye at JEC World 2016, in early March.

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