AIMPLAS develops pultruded bio-based profiles for rural and urban development
European BASAJAUN project to optimize sustainable urban development and improve the rural economy via novel bio-based materials, products and building systems.
Grace Nehls
Assistant Editor, CompositesWorld
Refitech expands RefiFLEX range, supplies pultrusion profiles for construction solutions
High-precision carbon fiber square tubes and CarboSix UD carbon fiber pultrusion profiles meet demand for lighter, stiffer, more high-performance systems.
Kent Pultrusion ships ServoPul machines to North American pultruder
Kent Pultrusion will install two of its ServoPul 2412 fully electric pultrusion lines at two North American plants.
New name for Fraunhofer lightweight construction cross-sector R&D, focus on multifunction and digitization
Research results from 2020 show breadth of applications and novel composites technologies for next-gen mobility.
Suprem SA begins new pultrusion line production
Highly automated manufacturing line processes continuous fibers with high-performance thermoplastics for tapes, profiles and rods.
#aramidfiber #continuousfiberAM
Composite rebar for future infrastructure
GFRP eliminates risk of corrosion and increases durability fourfold for reinforced concrete that meets future demands as traffic, urbanization and extreme weather increase.
#insidemanufacturing #frprebar #infrastructure
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Kent Pultrusion ships ServoPul machines to North American pultruder
Kent Pultrusion will install two of its ServoPul 2412 fully electric pultrusion lines at two North American plants.
Composite rebar for future infrastructure
GFRP eliminates risk of corrosion and increases durability fourfold for reinforced concrete that meets future demands as traffic, urbanization and extreme weather increase.
#insidemanufacturing #frprebar #infrastructure
Corebon expands induction-based composites production into new facility
Results for cutting CFRP cycle time to be presented at Carbon Fiber 2019 conference.
#adhesives #cuttingtools #outofautoclave
AeroLas explores new spinning technology for thermoplastic hybrid yarn
AeroLas is working to combine recycled carbon fiber with PEEK using adapted art textile machines and a patented air guided ring spinning technology.
#weaving #braiding #peek
Automated Preforming, Part 3: Quilted Stratum Process
CW’s tour of Cetim and the QSP line which preforms multi-thickness thermoplastic materials in 40-90 seconds for composite parts with cycle times of 1-2 minutes.
#weaving #automation #pei
Preforming goes industrial: Part 1
ATL and AFP-based preforming options now abound for processing dry and/or impregnated reinforcements as quickly as 1 minute or less with potential yearly part yields in the millions.
#outofautoclave #windblades #audi
Composites-intensive masterwork: 2020 Corvette, Part 1
Eighth-generation vehicle sports more composites, and features parts produced using unique materials and processes.
#adhesives #sheetmoldingcompound #generalmotors
AIMPLAS develops pultruded bio-based profiles for rural and urban development
European BASAJAUN project to optimize sustainable urban development and improve the rural economy via novel bio-based materials, products and building systems.
#biomaterials #sustainability
Refitech expands RefiFLEX range, supplies pultrusion profiles for construction solutions
High-precision carbon fiber square tubes and CarboSix UD carbon fiber pultrusion profiles meet demand for lighter, stiffer, more high-performance systems.
Kent Pultrusion ships ServoPul machines to North American pultruder
Kent Pultrusion will install two of its ServoPul 2412 fully electric pultrusion lines at two North American plants.
New name for Fraunhofer lightweight construction cross-sector R&D, focus on multifunction and digitization
Research results from 2020 show breadth of applications and novel composites technologies for next-gen mobility.
Suprem SA begins new pultrusion line production
Highly automated manufacturing line processes continuous fibers with high-performance thermoplastics for tapes, profiles and rods.
#aramidfiber #continuousfiberAM
Capital injection enables Fiberline Composite wind sector growth
ABN AMRO’s Energy Transition Fund acquired 34% of Fiberline shares, implements ambitious growth strategy for pultruded wind blades.
#windblades
Material choices for the Corvette rear bumper beam
From fabrics to resins, a number of new combinations of materials went into the making of the world’s first curved pultruded automotive part.
#weaving #adhesives #outofautoclave
NEW PRODUCTS: PULTRUSION
Avient debuts improved adhesive resin formulations for thermoset pultrusions
The Glasforms resin formulation cuts down on time, labor and simplifies the manufacturing process for thermoset pultrusions.
#adhesives
Sino Polymer develops high-performance epoxy resin systems for prepreg applications
The one-component carbon fiber prepreg can be cured at 150ºC for 10 minutes, is suitable for structural parts requiring Tg within 120-140ºC and can be stored for up to 18 months at -18ºC
#layup
Scott Bader launches resins, gelcoats, adhesives for structural applications
Crestabond M7-04 is the company’s latest primer-less MMA structural adhesive.
#outofautoclave #adhesives
Thomas + Technik introduces modular, compact pultrusion system
At 3.5 meters long, pullCUBE is reported to be about 75% shorter than conventional pultrusion machines, and the shortest yet built.
#outofautoclave
Nouryon introduces new organic peroxide powder
A powder version of the company’s Perkadox 16 (BCHPC) organic peroxide is designed to allow larger volumes of storage while meeting new safety standards.
#outofautoclave
JEC World 2019 preview: KraussMaffei
KraussMaffei (Munich, Germany) is focusing on its FiberForm process, pultrusion and unidirectional (UD) tapes at its JEC World 2019 booth, Booth R28, Hall 6.
#outofautoclave
