Processes
Hexion products target wind blade production
Hexion Inc. has introduced a new tackifying spray system as well as new epoxy bonding paste and resin repair kits for use in wind turbine rotor blade maintenance.
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Wind blade spar caps: Pultruded to perfection?
Introduced to the market about five years ago, pultruded, carbon fiber-reinforced spar caps, incorporated as the reinforcing member of wind turbine rotor blades, are a byproduct of the evolution and increasing technological sophistication of the global wind energy industry.
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3M introduces spray adhesive for infusion applications
3M has launched Hi Tack Composite Spray Adhesive 71 for infusion composites fabricating applications, particularly in industrial, marine and transportation markets.
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Carbon fiber/epoxy in production boats
Scout Boats and now Hinckley Yachts showcase how demand for lighter, faster performance pushes materials and process change.
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Automated Preforming, Part 6: Coriolis Composites
Pioneer in automated fiber placement (AFP) advances preforms for overmolded thermoplastic composites enabling production of one automotive part every 20 seconds.
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AFRL pushes limits of polymer additive manufacturing
Air Force Research Laboratory research team has successfully printed the highest-temperature capable, reinforced polymer composite parts.
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Henkel announces novel additive manufacturing materials
Henkel Adhesive Technologies accelerates commercializing tailor-made materials and offers comprehensive services for 3D Printing solutions.
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Continuous fiber thermoplastics are smart for world’s largest appliance manufacturer
Haier uses Covestro CFRTP in Casarte line of “smart” air conditioners
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Swinburne 4.0 test lab to feature Fill's multilayer printing technology
The centrepiece of Swinburne’s testlab is the world’s first industrial scale 3D printing “multilayer” approach to carbon fibre composite manufacture developed by Fill.
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Lehvoss partners with Livrea Yacht to build 3D printed sailboat
World’s first 3D printed yacht to compete in the 2019 Mini-Transat solo transatlantic yacht race.
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