Weaving
3D weaving capabilities achieve complex shapes, reduce weight and cost
JEC World 2024: Bally Ribbon Mills is displaying film-infused 3D woven joints, woven thermal protection systems (TPS) and woven composite 3D structures.
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Composite resins price change report
CW’s running summary of resin price change announcements from major material suppliers that serve the composites manufacturing industry.
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Highly tunable, woven lattice reinforcements target automotive structures
CAMX 2023: Startup Weav3D will be demonstrating its two collaborative automotive demonstrator parts and present two conference papers.
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Braskem demonstrates PP solutions using Weav3D composite lattice technology
Partnership combines Braskem’s polypropylene sheets with Weav3D Rebar for Plastics technology to address new structural, automotive applications requiring high-strength, lightweight material solutions.
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PEEK vs. PEKK vs. PAEK and continuous compression molding
Suppliers of thermoplastics and carbon fiber chime in regarding PEEK vs. PEKK, and now PAEK, as well as in-situ consolidation — the supply chain for thermoplastic tape composites continues to evolve.
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Plant tour: Albany Engineered Composites, Rochester, N.H., U.S.
Efficient, high-quality, well-controlled composites manufacturing at volume is the mantra for this 3D weaving specialist.
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CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Bally Ribbon Mills
Bally Ribbon Mills’ highlights its capabilities in design and manufacture of woven structural shapes for hybrid composite structures used in aerospace applications.
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CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Parabeam
Parabeam’s 3D E-glass woven fabrics, particularly ParaGlass and ParaTank, continue to advance composite sandwich structures with high flexibility, strength and application versatility.
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Materials & Processes: Fibers for composites
The structural properties of composite materials are derived primarily from the fiber reinforcement. Fiber types, their manufacture, their uses and the end-market applications in which they find most use are described.
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The making of carbon fiber
A look at the process by which precursor becomes carbon fiber through a careful (and mostly proprietary) manipulation of temperature and tension.
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