High-pressure Resin Transfer Molding (HP-RTM)
CW Ideas in Action
Ideas are just ideas until someone does the hard work of putting them into action and seeing results. CW's editors, therefore, inaugurate an annual review of Ideas in Action, celebrating a handful of hot concepts that could make those who conceived them "household names."
Read MoreCAMX 2015: Automotive, military innovations and on-floor demos
ACMA’s and SAMPE’s second combined event featured plenty of new products and thought-provoking conference sessions for the composites industry.
Read MoreThe end of delamination?
A spin-off from MIT's NECSTlab, N12 Technologies Inc. launches NanoStitch, the world's first vertically aligned CNT product via a continuous industrial process, which bridges adjacent CFRP plies, boosting interlaminar shear and increasing fatigue life by 100%.
Read MoreCytec gearing up for automotive expansion
With a new automotive-focused Application Centre set to open in December, Cytec Industrial Materials is emphasizing material and process flexibility to help OEMs integrate composites into forthcoming cars and trucks.
Read MoreHP-RTM: A means, not an end
This side story to CW's Plant Tour of Mubea Carbo Tech explores MCT's HP-RTM technologies.
Read MoreMubea Carbo Tech: High-quality auto composites go high-volume
Known for its precision and technical acumen in CFRP motorsports structures, MCT draws from its steel auto parts parent to push high-performance and industrial production to new plateaus.
Read MoreAutomotive composites: Thermosets for the fast zone
Epoxies continue to be developed for faster cure to meet automotive production rates.
Read MoreEngel: Full speed ahead on composites R&D
CW attended the Engel Symposium 2015 and visited its Technology Center for Lightweight Composites in St. Valentin, Austria.
Read MoreSchuler composite press in operation at National Composites Centre
This press is producing parts within less than five minutes.
Read MoreThe rise of HP-RTM
Decades of development have propelled it to prominence but its future demands industrial solutions for handling cost, complexity and process control.
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