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PlasmaBound closes €2.35 million funding round on controlled polymer ablation technology
PlasmaBound’s aims to accelerate its high-speed composite bonding technology to make sustainable composites a standard feature on vehicles, devices and structures on a global scale.
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Solvay expands Solvalite portfolio into automotive, invest in Xencor LFT production facilities
New fast curing carbon fiber and woven fabric prepregs target high-volume automotive applications such as body panels with optimized structural part performance.
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Gurit acquires majority share in Fiberline Composites A/S
Sixty-percent share of the Denmark-based manufacturer brings pultruded carbon and glass fiber products into Gurit’s wheelhouse for wind blade production.
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SuCoHS project: Advancing composite solutions for parts with high thermal and mechanical loads
New materials, structural concepts and manufacturing using sensors for composites that resist fire, temperature and loads while providing weight and cost savings versus metals.
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Multi-material steel/composite leaf spring targets lightweight, high-volume applications
Rassini International was challenged by Ford Motor Co. to take weight out of the F-150 pickup truck. Rassini responded with a multi-material steel/composite hybrid leaf spring system that can be manufactured at high volumes.
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Refurbishing bridges at half the time, cost versus replacement
Instead of demolishing and rebuilding bridges, SUREbridge doubles the strength and durability of existing structures with an FRP deck for a smart, sustainable solution.
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Purdue-related startup Araqev creates quality-control software for additive manufacturing
Araqev software expected to help reduce estimated $2 billion in global losses when using AM through machine learning models that simulate shape deviations for future prints.
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Saint-Gobain, Roctool join efforts to boost composite 3D textile preform parts manufacturing
3D automated knitted preform layup technology and heat and cooling technologies for additional curing efficiency open a new window of application opportunities for composite and thermoplastic parts.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne secures large RL10 engine contract from United Launch Alliance
One-hundred and sixteen RL10C-X engines for the Vulcan Centaur rocket will incorporated a 3D-printed main injector and main combustion chamber, and 94-inch monolithic composite nozzle.
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NCC and Synthesites work toward intelligent manufacturing for resin infused composites
The National Composites Centre (NCC) and Synthesites develop an advanced closed loop control system for resin infusion with non-invasive sensors, real-time resin flow monitoring and accurate, in-situ estimation of online viscosity and glass transition temperature.
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