Processes

Compression Molding 14 Feb 2023

Recycled thermoplastic composites for production

Multi-year R&D at ThermoPlastic composites Applications Center (TPAC), TenCate and Clean Sky 2 demonstrate economic advantage of serial production using recycled materials.

Additive Manufacturing 6 Mar 2019

NETZSCH and Swinburne partner on Industry 4.0 composite Testlab

NETZSCH’s unique in-mold cure monitoring technology will be implemented in Swinburne’s Industry 4.0 carbon-fiber composite product Testlab.

Additive Manufacturing 6 Mar 2019

GE partners with Clemson University to open new additive manufacturing lab

The lab is part of GE’s strategic partnership with Clemson University. It will be available for use by Clemson faculty, staff and students.

Design/Simulation 6 Mar 2019

Design engineering of tailored preforms

Tailored preforming has opened new doors in composites fabrication, but designing for it requires tools that understand and work with this complex process.

ATL/AFP 5 Mar 2019

JEC World 2019 preview: Victrex and Coriolis

Victrex (Thornton Cleveleys, U.K., 5/S29) and Coriolis Composites (Queven, France, 6/A32) are announcing cooperative work they did with thermoplastic unidirectional tape (TP UDT) prepreg lay-up and consolidation to improve the manufacturing efficiency of composite parts.

RTM 5 Mar 2019

JEC World 2019 preview: Netzsch

Netzsch (Selb, Germany, 6/R20) is featuring technology it developed in collaboration with Kistler (Winterhur, Switzerland) to create advanced technology for intelligent composites parts production.

Bonding 5 Mar 2019

JEC World 2019 preview: L&L Products

L&L Products (Molsheim, France, 6/R27) is introducing A-K321 and A-K322, acrylic-based, fast-curing, two-component toughened structural adhesives that provide primerless adhesion to most metals, thermoplastics and composites.