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Composites 4.0

Artemis Technologies and Creative Composites partner on eFoiler to cut drag on fast vessels by 90%

Composites-intensive electric propulsion system will make marine travel at high-speed and long-range commercially viable and help meet U.K.’s 2025 zero-emissions requirements.

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Albany Engineered Composites qualified to build F-35 skins

Albany, already a fabricator of more than 200 parts for the F-35, is now producing wing skins for the F-35A (CTOL variant) Lightning II fighter jet.

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Automotive

Formaplex opens Tooling Centre of Excellence

The U.K.-based tooling and components manufacturer is expanding its capabilities, citing growth in the aerospace and high-end automotive markets.

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Infrastructure

The growing role of composites in infrastructure

From bridges to rebar and pilings, composites provide installation and life cycle cost savings over steel and concrete.

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Trends

Covestro provides sustainable composite material for Toyota electric concept car

Components of the Toyota LQ will be made from a new kenaf fiber-reinforced polyurethane foam composite material.

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Carbon Fibers

Composites Germany releases results of its 14th Composites Market Survey

The survey identifies up-to-date key performance indicators (KPIs) for the fiber-reinforced plastics market.

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Application

Microfiber-infused resin enables single-step molding process

Spoke Materials’ reinforced liquid composites provide alternative fabrication methods.

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Pressure Vessels

NASA, OceanGate collaborate on manufacture of carbon fiber pressure vessels

The pressure vessels built through this agreement will be used on OceanGate’s latest deep-sea Cyclops submersible.

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EPSRC Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub announces two new core projects

Focused on design simulation for NCF preforming and tools for industrializing layer-by-layer curing, the projects will commence in May 2020 with university and industry partners.

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Aerospace

Proving out LMPAEK welding for Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator

Clean Sky 2 STUNNING project will manufacture lower thermoplastic fuselage while MECATESTERS will test LMPAEK in conduction and induction welding for parameters, cyclic loading, aging and environmental effects .

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