Fabrics/Preforms for Composites
Composite fabrics or preforms serve as the foundation for creating composite materials, comprising carefully arranged layers of fibers or textiles before they are infused or coated with a matrix material. These fabrics or preforms come in various shapes, weaves, and orientations, allowing engineers to customize the material's properties based on specific application requirements. They play a pivotal role in determining the final characteristics of the composite, influencing factors like strength, flexibility, and weight distribution.
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Biesterfeld gains composites distribution rights from Saertex
Under the new strategic distribution partnership, Biesterfeld will be the official sales partner for various Saertex material products to the German market.
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CSub delivers one-piece composite truss bridge in Norway
EPC supplier has fabricated, transported and delivered a 42-meter composite bridge intended for pedestrians and bicyclists.
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Shawmut acquires Fairystone Fabrics
Shawmut Infinite’s purchase of the warp-knitting supplier supports the company’s vision for a fully integrated textile and textile composite supply chain in North America.
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Commingled yarn solutions provide flexible thermoplastic prepregs
CAMX 2024: Concordia Engineered Fibers presents customizable commingled yarn solutions, including environmentally friendly options.
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Novel woven UD fabrics are designed for versatility, reliability
CAMX 2024: Zoltek introduces PX35UD0300EPW and PX35UD0600EPW, carbon fiber fabrics providing easy handling that have the potential to meet the evolving needs of composite applications.
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Ultra-light woven reinforcement fabrics enhance space-grade parts
CAMX 2024: TeXtreme is showcasing its TeXtreme 0/90 woven fabrics, demonstrated through customer Kerberos Engineering’s satellite solar array.
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CW’s editors are tracking the latest trends and developments in tooling, from the basics to new developments. This collection, presented by Composites One, features four recent CW stories that detail a range of tooling technologies, processes and materials.
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Discover the types of sensors being used in composites, the physics on which they�re based, their installation, promised benefits and challenges, as well as the potential they offer for even further developments in smart structures.
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During CW Tech Days: Thermoplastics for Large Structures, experts explored the materials and processing technologies that are enabling the transition to large-part manufacturing.
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Latest Fabrics/Preforms News And Updates
Stitched, needle-punched fabrics benefit open and closed molding
CAMX 2024: Vectorply Corp. displays a range of engineered reinforcements, including NCFs, needle-punched reinforcements, consumables and more, along with highlighting it technical support options.
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Textile machinery, NCFs provide sustainable processing options
CAMX 2024: Karl Mayer is returning to CAMX with a focus on fabric- and fiber-handling equipment, in addition to its application development services.
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Angeloni launches non-stitched multiaxial NCF fabric option
An adhesive grants the same stability of traditionally stitched composite fabrics, making Stratos suitable for use in a range of fibers and production processes.
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Monadnock HTAC Veil protects GFRP equipment against corrosion
Binder-free ECTFE-apertured reinforcement maintains a high resistance against chemicals and abrasion at high temperatures, extending performance and integrity of composite systems.
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Chomarat expands range of composite reinforcement options
Rovicore FM core and C-Weave Stabilized woven fabrics are designed to improve the quality and performance of composite materials.
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Quantum Materials acquires Innegra portfolio of high-performance fibers
The strategic move strengthens Quantum’s position in the development of technical textile solutions for composites.
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Designing an infused, two-piece composite baseball bat
With its Icon BBCOR bat, Rawlings leveraged its experience in braided fabrics and RTM to create an optimized, higher-performance two-piece design.
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RTM, dry braided fabric enable faster, cost-effective manufacture for hydrokinetic turbine components
Switching from prepreg to RTM led to significant time and cost savings for the manufacture of fiberglass struts and complex carbon fiber composite foils that power ORPC’s RivGen systems.
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Hybrid process marries continuous, discontinuous composites design
9T Labs and Purdue applied Additive Fusion Technology to engineer a performance- and cost-competitive aircraft bin pin bracket made from compression-molded continuous and discontinuous CFRTP.
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Understanding vacuum bagging layers in production, repair
Recognizing the functions of each layer in a vacuum bag schedule can help users discover what vacuum bag schedules work best for their application.
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Plant tour: Joby Aviation, Marina, Calif., U.S.
As the advanced air mobility market begins to take shape, market leader Joby Aviation works to industrialize composites manufacturing for its first-generation, composites-intensive, all-electric air taxi.
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Real-time assessment of thermoset composites curing
The combination of material state management (MSM) software and an encapsulated sample rheometer (ESR) enables real-time cure recipe management or cure model development inside the autoclave.
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