EPOXIES

Thermoplastics

JEC World 2023 preview: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical is showcasing its advanced materials business segments and their thermoset and thermoplastic composite material offerings under one roof.

Grace Nehls
Managing Editor, CompositesWorld

JEC World 2023 preview: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America
JEC World 2023 preview: Pinette PEI
Thermoplastics

JEC World 2023 preview: Pinette PEI

Installation of a Tifanni versatile composites production line will enable Pinette PEI to process a range of materials with high performance and precision for research projects, product development or the production of a small number of parts.  
#jec

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Epoxies

Sumitomo Bakelite Europe conference highlights importance of composites for electric mobility

Composites for Future Mobility Conference attracts more than 50 delegates from OEMs, Tier suppliers and research institutions which are finding numerous composite opportunities in electric motors, UAM.  
#electricvehicles

Epoxies

Hexcel opens new R&T center in Salt Lake City

Hexcel’s new 100,000-square-foot Center of Research & Technology Excellence at its Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., campus, will be the focus of the company’s innovation efforts.
#trends

Filament Winding

JEC World 2023 preview: CompoTech

Custom-designed carbon fiber/epoxy components and automated fiber winding machine offerings will be on display, emphasizing CompoTech’s focus on designing and supplying turnkey composites technologies.  
#jec

Automotive composites: Thermosets for the fast zone

Automotive composites: Thermosets for the fast zone

Epoxies continue to be developed for faster cure to meet automotive production rates.
#automation #sheetmoldingcompound #outofautoclave

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Plant tour: Joby Aviation, Marina, Calif., U.S.

As the advanced air mobility market begins to take shape, market leader Joby Aviation works to industrialize composites manufacturing for its first-generation, composites-intensive, all-electric air taxi.
#planttour #wingoftomorrow #space

Jeff Sloan Editor-in-Chief, CompositesWorld

Videos / Podcasts

Bcomp and KTM Technologies natural fiber brake disc cover
Carbon Fibers

Thermoset-thermoplastic joining, natural fibers enable sustainability-focused brake cover

Award-winning motorcycle brake disc cover showcases potential for KTM Technologies’ Conexus joining technology and flax fiber composites.
#sustainability #biomaterials #focusondesign

CDZ Compositi introduces patented 3D Flex Composite
Epoxies

CDZ Compositi introduces patented 3D Flex Composite

Specialist in structural and aesthetic prepreg press parts enhances 3D shaping and flexibility in composite parts using carbon and other reinforcement fibers.

Museum of the Future composites cladding panels being installed
Construction

Composites enable epic interior for Museum of the Future

For this one-of-a-kind lobby, AFI pioneered digital, reconfigurable molds to achieve organic-shaped, multifunctional panels and stairwell cladding.
#insidemanufacturing

autoclave at EireComposites
Aerospace

Plant tour: ÉireComposites, Galway, Ireland

An in-house testing business and R&D focus has led to innovative materials use and projects in a range of markets, from civil aerospace to renewable energy to marine.
#wingoftomorrow #space #planttour

Applied Molecules launches UV-curable repair and filler resin
Epoxies

Applied Molecules launches UV-curable repair and filler resin

Applied Molecules LLC has launched the AJ13 Series of UV-curable composite repair and filler materials.

Composites intensive Overair electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle EVTOL
Aerospace

Overair's Butterfly eVTOL prototype to integrate composites-intensive design

Aiming for first flight tests in the latter half of 2023, Overair’s Butterfly aircraft uses Toray carbon fiber/epoxy prepreg strategically to cut weight on its battery-powered, quiet aircraft.
#wingoftomorrow #space #trends

Swancor launches recyclable thermosetting epoxy resin
Epoxies

Swancor launches recyclable thermosetting epoxy resin

When used with composite reinforcements, EzCiclo can be recycled and degraded via the company’s CleaVER recycling technology with waste elimination and a final fiber with equivalent virgin fiber mechanical performance.
#sustainability

Construction |

Composites-reinforced concrete for sustainable data center construction

Metromont’s C-GRID-reinforced insulated precast concrete’s high strength, durability, light weight and ease of installation improve data center performance, construction time and sustainability.
#sustainability #infrastructure #focusondesign

Stewart Mitchell Contributing Writer
Vestas unveils circularity solution to end landfill for turbine blades
Epoxies

Vestas unveils circularity solution to end landfill for turbine blades

A novel chemical process, developed within the CETEC initiative with partners Olin and Stena Recycling, is capable of breaking down epoxy resin to virgin-grade material.  
#windblades #sustainability

EuCIA welcomes Epoxy Europe as a new member
Epoxies

EuCIA welcomes Epoxy Europe as a new member

The sector group will support EuCIA’s climate-neutral ambitions, contributed through strategic projects and promotion of composites sustainability.  
#sustainability

Magnolia Advanced Materials adhesive added to quality product listing for Lockheed Martin
Epoxies

Magnolia Advanced Materials adhesive added to quality product listing for Lockheed Martin

Magnolia 6389 A/B is a carbon fiber-filled epoxy designed for use as a liquid shim gap filler in composite applications that meets Lockheed’s specification requirements.  

Design/Simulation

Grand Largue Composites, Sicomin enable flax fiber-built Class40 racing yacht

Fibers, fabrics, epoxy resins and adhesives from Sicomin helped realize the lightweight, strong and stiff Crosscall yacht, capable of tackling extreme ocean racing conditions.  
#biomaterials

Construction

CompoTech, RTI collaborate on composite mast, telescopic boom for mobile cranes, davits

Cost-competitive carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy crane design uses CompoTech’s automated composites processes, eliminating welding or heat treatment and producing 50-70% stiffer structures.
#automation

Urban Air Mobility

Toray, Specialty Materials strengthen partnership for next-gen aerospace applications

Commercial partnership enables novel solution innovations with domestically produced, high-quality products within the U.S. supply chain.  
#wingoftomorrow #space

Formnext Forum Austin
Additive Manufacturing |

TU Munich develops cuboidal conformable tanks using carbon fiber composites for increased hydrogen storage

Flat tank enabling standard platform for BEV and FCEV uses thermoplastic and thermoset composites, overwrapped skeleton design in pursuit of 25% more H2 storage.
#hydrogen #trends

Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor, CompositesWorld

NEW PRODUCTS: EPOXIES

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Solvay
CAMX Expo

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Solvay

Fast-curing epoxy surfacing film SolvaLite SF200 generates a smooth surface and Class-A finish desired in composite automotive applications.  
#camx

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: AGY
CAMX Expo

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: AGY

An S-2 Glass fiber/epoxy material produced collaboratively between AGY and Kaneka Aerospace offers tunable transparency, low haze, good impact and mechanical properties.
#camx

Solvay launches LTM 350 low-temperature composite tooling prepreg 
Epoxies

Solvay launches LTM 350 low-temperature composite tooling prepreg 

Carbon fiber epoxy prepreg sets new standards in cost-efficient composite tooling with fast layup, fast initial cure and short post-cure cycles.  

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Conductive Composites
Epoxies

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Conductive Composites

Conductive Composites expands its portfolio of multifunctional electrically conductive composite materials with a new line of NiShield nonwovens and NiBond electrically conductive two-part structural epoxy adhesive.  
#adhesives #camx

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Polytek Development Corp.
RTM

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Polytek Development Corp.

Endurance Technologies brand, Custom Polymer Designs, demonstrates CPD 2110A/9234B capabilities in the Composites One and Closed Mold Alliance Demo Zone, alongside featured Polytek-brand tooling board.  
#camx

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Olin Epoxy
Construction

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Olin Epoxy

Olin Epoxy offers a portfolio of epoxy systems for challenging applications. Litestone, Voraforce and Airstone aim to resolve problems and support customers’ business growth.
#hydrogen #frprebar #hprtm

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