New Products: December 2018
CW’s roundup of new products for the composites industry – the past couple of months have seen innovations from Airtech, Cincinnati Inc., Composites Evolution, Evonik, Finepart, Granta, Gurit, Huber, Hyosung, Owens Corning, Park Aerospace, SAERTEX, Siemens, Thought3D and Victrex.
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Composite materials and innovations are constantly evolving. In addition to industry news, features, blog posts and podcasts, CW also maintains a comprehensive collection of product announcements provided by companies. This roundup includes links to regular posts concerning the latest products of interest to the composites industry.
Recent innovations include:
- Aerospace-grade carbon fiber from Hyosung
- Airtech carbon fiber prepregs
- Adhesive for composite 3D printing filament from Owens Corning and Thought3D
- Siemens’ additive manufacturing software tool to improve 3D printing accuracy
- Gurit’s Ampreg wet laminating products
- Huber’s thermally conductive additives for modified polymeric systems
- Granta’s CES Selector 2019
- Evonik’s anti-corrosion agent and flame retardant
- Park Aerospace’s epoxy, cyanate ester resins for advanced radome applications
- Victrex’sPEEK polymer for cryogenics
- Composites Evolution’s hybrid tooling prepregs
- Finepart’s waterjet system for precise, non-thermal cutting
- SAERTEX’s unidirectional fabric for for leaf springs
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