Thermoplastics

Thermoplastics

CompositesWorld, ITHEC partner for 2024 event

Leading thermoplastic composites event prepares for seventh conference featuring latest developments, leading players and panel discussion on energy transition hosted by CW.

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Work In Progress

Thermoplastic composite, tube-shaped preforms for large-volume manufacturing

Starting with the sporting goods and bicycle market, French startup 3DiTex targets its continuous preforming system for thermoformable, thermoplastic composite tubes in complex geometries.

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Thermoplastics

Re:Build Manufacturing introduces line of CFRTP tubes, profiles

Available in a range of fiber reinforcements and thermoplastic matrices, Re:Build’s new product offerings provide an affordable, high-performance, high-volume production solution.   

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Aerospace

Plant tour: Daher Shap’in TechCenter and composites production plant, Saint-Aignan-de-Grandlieu, France

Co-located R&D and production advance OOA thermosets, thermoplastics, welding, recycling and digital technologies for faster processing and certification of lighter, more sustainable composites.

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Focus on Design

Thermoplastic composites: Cracking the horizontal body panel nut

Versatile sandwich panel technology solves decades-long exterior automotive challenge.

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Numerical tool with mean stress correction demonstrated for fatigue life estimation of thermoplastic composites

To aid design of fatigue-resistant structures, Econ Engineering has developed an algorithm to evaluate ply-based cyclic stiffness degradation combined with an FE failure check, validated for a CF/PAEK pressure vessel.

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Glass Fibers

Avient presents Hammerhead sandwich panels for boatbuilders

Continuous glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic panels offer the marine industry lightweighting and production efficiency compared to traditional construction materials.

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Carbon Fibers

Asahi Kasei presents circular composite solutions for EV batteries

Novel thermoplastic composite materials, a bio-based and biodegradable nanofiber and a technology that chemically recycles PA66 polymers enable more circular, lightweight and connective EVs.

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9T Labs selected to supply composite connectors to Dufour eVTOL

Structural thermoplastic composite connectors will further lightweight the Aero2 tilt-wing aircraft.

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Aerospace

Plant tour: Arris Composites, Berkeley, Calif., U.S.

The creator of Additive Molding is leveraging automation and thermoplastics to provide high-volume, high-quality, sustainable composites manufacturing services.

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