High-pressure Resin Transfer Molding (HP-RTM)

Aerospace

Composites fare well at 2020 PACE Awards

This year’s automotive supplier award winners included composite bumper beam, liftgate and pickup box applications.  

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Fabrics/Preforms

Revolutionizing the composites cost paradigm, Part 1: Feedstock

Highly-aligned, short-fiber Tailorable Universal Feedstock for Forming achieves aerospace properties, metal-like formability in zero-waste, fiber-to-parts pilot plant.

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Autoclave

In Italy, how one composites fabricator is coping

Lessons learned from Bucci Composites, located in Faenza, Italy, in the heart of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Wind/Energy

Sicomin launches bio-based epoxy resin systems

New resin systems have been developed for series production within the automotive, wind energy, civil engineering and marine sectors.

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Automotive

DC dielectric sensors for industrial composites production

Synthesites in situ process monitoring enables cure decisions based on real-time Tg evaluation that can reduce cure cycles by up to 50%.

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Defense

Compression RTM for production of future aerostructures

Automated preforming and 5-min resin infiltration show a way forward for lower-cost CFRP primary structures.

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Pressure Vessels

The coming decade: Clarity with a strong dose of uncertainty

Columnist Dale Brosius considers the potential and uncertain role of composites in aerospace, automotive and other markets in the coming decade.

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Automation

CFRP preform technology is fast, flexible, efficient

Porsche racecar is first to sport part-via-preform technology.

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Aerospace

Advancing thermoplastic composites and RTM for Clean Sky 2 in Spain

EURECAT leads projects for TPC keel beam, window frames and thermoset RTM fuselage frames with TPC shear ties for next-gen aircraft.

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Adhesives

Corebon expands induction-based composites production into new facility

Results for cutting CFRP cycle time to be presented at Carbon Fiber 2019 conference.

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Kennametal Composite Material Tooling Solutions
Coatings for Carbon Fiber from Keyland Polymer
industrial CNC routers
Chem Trend
Thermwood Corp.
NewStar Adhesives - Nautical Adhesives
sustainable carbon fiber composites​
release agents, purging compounds, process chemical specialties
Airtech International Inc.