Reinforcements

Marine

The lessons behind OceanGate

Carbon fiber composites faced much criticism in the wake of the OceanGate submersible accident. CW’s publisher Jeff Sloan explains that it’s not that simple.

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Pressure Vessels

Impulse Space secures $45 million to support vehicle development, production

Developer of in-space transportation vehicles using CFRP tanks raises capital investment from Raytheon Technologies (RTX) Ventures.

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Epoxies

Composites manufacturing for general aviation aircraft

General aviation, certified and experimental, has increasingly embraced composites over the decades, a path further driven by leveraged innovation in materials and processes and the evolving AAM market.

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CAMX

Fiberglass products target industrial application needs

CAMX 2023: Jrain FRP, with locations in China, Mexico and the U.S., is equipped with 16 years’ of experience engineering, designing and manufacturing fiberglass-reinforced industrial products.

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Recycling

Swancor obtains GRS-certified recycled carbon fiber

One hundred percent recyclable fibers have been achieved from composite components made from the company’s EzCiclo thermoset resin.

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Carbon Fibers

Optimized approach to predict delamination failure in CFRTP structures

ARRK Engineering and Mitsui Chemicals improved delamination prediction accuracy to help optimize absorbed energy/failure load for an overmolded TAFNEX CF/PP UD tape bumper beam.

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CAMX

Carbon fiber tooling addresses aerocomposites pain points

CAMX 2023: The result of extensive R&D, BlackBoard by Harcourt Industrial enhances efficiency, reduce costs and improve overall manufacturing performance compared to Invar tools.

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Construction

Dura Composites enters joint venture with Mekina Industries

The GFRP permanent formwork specialist, adding to Dura Composites’ 27 years of supplying structural walkways to infrastructure markets, aims to further its own composite construction products.

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Glass Fibers

SABIC launches fiber-reinforced, intumescent, fire-retardant resins

SABIC PP compound H1090 and Stamax 30YH611 resins are well suited for extruding and thermoforming large, complex EV battery pack components for automotive.

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Carbon Fibers

High-tech enterprise specializes in carbon fiber production, supply

CAMX 2023: Bost Carbon Materials, established in 2012 in Hunan, China, develops and sells rigid composite felt, high-purity graphite felt, soft felt and carbon-carbon composite materials.

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