Exel Composites launches online service for structural composites
Excelnow.com provides customers greater design flexibility with its wide range of structural composite profiles including channels, boxes and I-beams.
Grace Nehls
Assistant Editor, CompositesWorld
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
Curve in the road: First curved pultruded auto parts
Thomas Technik + Innovation KG’s radius pultrusion process unlocks new possibilities for the automotive market and beyond.
#education #generalmotors #infrastructure
Scott Bader launches resins, gelcoats, adhesives for structural applications
Crestabond M7-04 is the company’s latest primer-less MMA structural adhesive.
#adhesives #outofautoclave
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
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
Videos / Podcasts
Corebon expands induction-based composites production into new facility
Results for cutting CFRP cycle time to be presented at Carbon Fiber 2019 conference.
#closedmolding #hprtm #adhesives
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.
#braiding #peek #weaving
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.
#airbus #pei #weaving
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.
#bmw #closedmolding #audi
Curve in the road: First curved pultruded auto parts
Thomas Technik + Innovation KG’s radius pultrusion process unlocks new possibilities for the automotive market and beyond.
#education #generalmotors #infrastructure
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
Acciona Construction participates in EU-funded project for accelerating nanomaterials production
Among LEE-BED project objectives, Acciona plans to embed nanomaterial-enabled wireless sensors into pultruded composite building elements.
#outofautoclave
Employment Opportunity: Senior Applications Engineer, Materia
Materia is seeking a Senior Applications Engineer for advanced composites applications.
#jobposting #education #workforcedevelopment
JEC announces finalists for 2020 Innovation Awards
JEC Group has announced its JEC Innovation Awards finalists, 33 total from 11 categories. Winners will be announced at JEC World 2020 on March 4.
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.
AVK invites submissions for Innovation Award 2020 candidates
Award categories include innovative composite applications, processes or research. The application deadline is March 31.
Withstanding fire without the weight
New composites meet stringent fire requirements while lightweighting ships, rail cars and battery boxes for electric cars and planes.
#outofautoclave #polyacrylonitrile #precursor
NEW PRODUCTS: PULTRUSION
Scott Bader launches resins, gelcoats, adhesives for structural applications
Crestabond M7-04 is the company’s latest primer-less MMA structural adhesive.
#adhesives #outofautoclave
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
Kent Pultrusion installs fully electric pultruder
The company has announced the installation of a ServoPul 3012 fully electric pultrusion line to a North American leading provider of composites.
#outofautoclave
JEC World 2018 preview: KraussMaffei
KraussMaffei (Hall 6, F61) is featuring several composites manufacturing technologies, covering wet molding, pultrusion, long fiber injection and overmolding.
#aramidfiber #closedmolding #outofautoclave