Fabrics/Preforms

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Difficult Materials Make Automated Fabric Cutting More Indispensable than Ever

With lingering supply chain shortages, difficult-to-cut materials like Kevlar and many others demand a more accurate and efficient cutting process. Automated cutting is the answer.

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Australia’s Gale Pacific, Deakin University to develop novel composite fabric 

The technical fabrics manufacturer will harness research capabilities at Deakin’s Carbon Nexus facility to increase product range and applications.

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Solvay expands Solvalite portfolio into automotive, invest in Xencor LFT production facilities

New fast curing carbon fiber and woven fabric prepregs target high-volume automotive applications such as body panels with optimized structural part performance.

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Automation

Saint-Gobain, Roctool join efforts to boost composite 3D textile preform parts manufacturing

3D automated knitted preform layup technology and heat and cooling technologies for additional curing efficiency open a new window of application opportunities for composite and thermoplastic parts.

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Pultrusion

Saertex expands production range with pultruded planks for rotor blades

SAERplanks pultruded profiles, opening new avenues in the wind industry, comprise heavy-tow carbon fibers produced using a novel hybrid resin system for reliable performance, high productivity and minimum scrap rates.

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Fabrics/Preforms

Toray develops eco-friendly Toyoflon textile

Toyoflon TM high-strength textile achieves slide durability 25 times greater than existing counterparts, with friction dropping by more than 50%.  

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Carbon Fibers

CFRP breakdown poles designed for lightweight, long-lasting use in marine applications

Shellback Canvas LLC wanted to develop a cost-effective alternative to prepreg poles for its canvas boat awnings. The resulting Blacksticks comprise compression-molded carbon fiber braid and epoxy in a unique process.

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Saertex opens production facility in Mexico for textile reinforcements

Saertex Mexico S.A. de C.V plant will begin production of multiaxial glass fiber noncrimp fabrics immediately, with goals to add production lines for expansion into wind power sector.

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Fabrics/Preforms

Teijin unveils novel spread-tow carbon fiber woven fabric

3K woven fabric developed via Teijin’s tow-spreading technology is as thin as 1K wovens and nearly the same weight, but is said to require less cost to produce, and offers better strength stability.

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Fabrics/Preforms

Resin-infused center console boat configuration proves higher performance, speed, quality

Hayaari Marine employs a revised infusion setup using semi-permeable membranes to eliminate porosity and improve laminate consolidation, reducing about 450 kilograms of resin per boat, and offering 20% weight savings.

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