Reinforcements
Kaneka Aerospace acheives AS9100D aerospace certification
Kaneka Aerospace’s product portfolio includes high performance resins, prepregs and adhesive materials.
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Plant tour: Meggitt San Diego, CA, US
This aerospace and defense fabricator upgrades to a larger facility and gets, in the process, a chance to rethink and optimize material, people and process flow.
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Tecnofire adds fire resistance to transportation and infrastructure applications
Intumescent nonwoven veils improve the fire performance of composites in bridge, bus, building, marine and aircraft structures.
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Stratolaunch cuts launch vehicle and rocket engine programs
Stratolaunch has reportedly backed off of development of a family of launch vehicles that were intended to use the company’s all composite carrier aircraft as a launch platform.
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New Products: January 2019
CW’s roundup of new products for the composites industry – the past month has seen innovations from AnalySwift, BriskHeat, Granta Design, JETCAM, Kordsa, Starrett and Thermwood.
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Vectorply achieves ISO 9001:2015 certification
Vectorply’s composite reinforcement fabrics are targeted to the aerospace, transportation and industrial markets.
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LeMond Composites and Yale School of Architecture explore carbon fiber robotic fabrication
LeMond Composites has partnered with the Yale School of Architecture to explore new methods of computing and manufacturing structures using advanced carbon fiber technologies.
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NCC and Surface Generation partner to demonstrate thermoplastic overmolding capabilities
The two companies together have produced a number of carbon fiber reinforced / PA6 automotive demonstrators which are due to be assessed by an automotive OEM.
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Making better composite bikes in Arkansas
Bicycle manufacturer HIA Velo (Little Rock, AR, US), maker of carbon fiber bikes, is using a combination of composite materials to make their products more durable.
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METYX USA receives ISO 9001: 2015 certification
The company’s new technical textiles production, sales and distribution facility in Gastonia, NC, US is now ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certified.
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