Reinforcements
SGL Group optimizes supply chain for composites
SGL’s takeover of former BENTELER and BMW JVs, plus sale of Kumpers JV, consolidates the company’s CF activities while it broadens its composites technology portfolio.
Read MoreHybrid composite struts reduce vehicle weight, improve handling
Pultruded carbon/glass fiber composite underbody stiffeners move into medium-volume Mercedes-AMG production vehicles.
Read MoreMotorcycle part demonstrates hybrid molding process
Strategy forms FRP parts once too complex for cost-effective, high-rate production.
Read MoreI want to say two words to you: “Thermoplastic tapes”
Thermoplastic tapes are not new to composites, but they soon will join the primary aerostructures material palette and could be their future.
Read MoreCarbon/glass spar cap enables world’s longest wind blade
LM Wind Power goes long with a resin-infused hybrid carbon composite strategy.
Read MoreCevotec now offers tapes for AFP/ATL
Cevotec’s cevoTape carbon fiber tape for automated placement processes is now commercially available.
Read MoreCore Molding acquires HPI
Core Molding Technologies, a compounder of custom sheet molding compound and molder of fiberglass-reinforced plastics, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Canada-based Horizon Plastics International Inc.
Read MoreThermoplastic composite demonstrators — EU roadmap for future airframes
There is a TPC development roadmap in Europe, supported by Airbus and a variety of aerospace consortia, and involving almost every major aerostructures supplier in Europe.
WatchNTPT researches discontinuous fiber tubes
North Thin Ply Technology is collaborating with the Ecole Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne - Swiss Centre of Technology and other partners to demonstrate proof of technology of tubes made with discontinuous carbon fiber.
Read More3D-printed composite wind blades and aircraft, closer than you think
Orbital Composites’ patented coaxial extrusion process is investigated at Airbus subsidiary CTC GmbH Stade and spins off advances in speed, scale, materials and multifunctionality as it aims for very large structures.
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