THERMOPLASTICS

Natural Fibers

Porcher Industries strengthens partnership with Terre de Lin

Technical and commercial cooperation enables Terre de Lin to deliver flax rovings to Porcher for the production of woven Polypreg Flax/TP composite reinforcements.

Grace Nehls
Managing Editor, CompositesWorld

Porcher Industries strengthens partnership with Terre de Lin
ATC Manufacturing selected for NASA's HiCAM project
Thermoplastics

ATC Manufacturing selected for NASA's HiCAM project

ATC will provide expertise in thermoplastic composites manufacturing to NASA’s Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) project.
#wingoftomorrow #space

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Thermoplastics

JEC World 2023 exhibit preview: Xenia Materials

The company is launching Xegreen, a product family of thermoplastic materials made from recycled fibers.
#sustainability #jec

Thermoplastics

EcoRudder project to develop thermoplastic composite aircraft rudder

Airbus, EconCore, Fraunhofer and the Technical University of Denmark will produce a potentially recyclable rudder from thermoplastic honeycomb sandwich composites.
#airbus #wingoftomorrow #space

Aerospace

Solvay, GKN Aerospace renew collaboration agreement

Both companies aim to expand the use of thermoplastic composite materials on high-rate aerospace structures.
#wingoftomorrow #space

NCAMP qualifies Teijin carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastics

NCAMP qualifies Teijin carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastics

This represents the first qualification of a carbon fiber fabric-reinforced thermoplastic composite material by the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance (NCAMP). 

ATL/AFP |

Heat mapping simulation to improve AFP parts

An optical model developed for Coriolis Composites’ SimuReal AFP process simulation software enables verification of energy distributions during AFP to better define heating laws.  
#predictingfailure

Videos / Podcasts

MFFD thermoplastic floor beams — OOA consolidation for next-gen TPC aerostructures
Thermoplastics

MFFD thermoplastic floor beams — OOA consolidation for next-gen TPC aerostructures

GKN Fokker and Mikrosam develop AFP for the Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator’s floor beams and OOA consolidation of 6-meter spars for TPC rudders, elevators and tails.
#workinprogress #outofautoclave #wingoftomorrow

Optimizing a thermoplastic composite helicopter door hinge
Carbon Fibers

Optimizing a thermoplastic composite helicopter door hinge

9T Labs used Additive Fusion Technology to iterate CFRTP designs, fully exploit continuous fiber printing and outperform stainless steel and black metal designs in failure load and weight.
#predictingfailure

Teijin unidirectional thermoplastic tape line, spooled material
Carbon Fibers

Inside Teijin’s thermoplastic tape expansion

Teijin is qualifying its second thermoplastic tape line in Heinsberg, Germany, that will significantly expand the company’s presence in this material segment.
#workinprogress

Bcomp and KTM Technologies natural fiber brake disc cover
Compression Molding

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

Digital Demo: The Advantages of Thermoplastics Technology
Compression Molding

Digital Demo: The Advantages of Thermoplastics Technology

From stronger, longer-lasting parts to creating sustainable options for composite parts, this demo will pique your interest in this emerging technology. (Sponsored)
#sustainability

autoclave at EireComposites
Urban Air Mobility

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

3D printing and AFP join forces in automotive demonstrator
Additive Manufacturing

3D printing and AFP join forces in automotive demonstrator

Bavarian auto industry and TU Munich research how to reduce molding costs by combining continuous fiber and 3D-printed composites.
#workinprogress

Carbon Fibers |

Robotized system makes overmolding mobile, flexible

Anybrid’s ROBIN demonstrates inline/offline functionalization of profiles, 3D-printed panels and bio-based materials for more efficient, sustainable composite parts.
#sustainability #workinprogress

Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor, CompositesWorld
DLR project demonstrates hybrid AM process for composites
Aerospace

DLR project demonstrates hybrid AM process for composites

Latest DLR development in 3D printing combines additive extrusion technologies and AFP to present a new approach for manufacturing complex thermoplastic composite structures.
#wingoftomorrow #space

Radius Engineering supplies NIAR with thermoplastic consolidation workcell 
Thermoplastics

Radius Engineering supplies NIAR with thermoplastic consolidation workcell 

NIAR ATLAS facility will use the workcell to produce precisely consolidated laminates for thermoplastic aerospace structure process strategy development.  
#wingoftomorrow #space

TPRC research studies void removal mechanisms in VBO processing
Thermoplastics

TPRC research studies void removal mechanisms in VBO processing

New publication evaluates vacuum bag only-consolidated carbon fiber/PEEK tapes to determine the role of different void removal mechanisms in thermoplastic composites.
#peek

Thermoplastics

Re:Build Manufacturing launches novel cost estimating tool

End users are able to generate continuous CFRTP materials quotes within minutes for real-time price estimation.  

Thermoplastics

Toray achieves NADCAP accreditation for thermoplastic prepreg manufacture

Toray reported to be the first composites company to receive the Non-Metallic Materials Manufacturing – Thermoplastic Prepreg Manufacturing AC7124/6 certification.

Urban Air Mobility

Collins Aerospace to lead COCOLIH2T project

Project for thermoplastic composite liquid hydrogen tanks aims for two demonstrators and TRL 4 by 2025.  
#wingoftomorrow #space #windblades

Formnext Forum Austin
Joby Aviation plant tour, eVTOL fuselage assembly with technicians
Aerospace |

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

NEW PRODUCTS: THERMOPLASTICS

JEC World 2023 preview: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America
Epoxies

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.
#jec

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

JEC World 2023 preview: Engel
Mass Transit

JEC World 2023 preview: Engel

Engel’s organomelt process as a single integrated production cell for thermoplastic composite production demonstrates high production efficiency and low unit cost for aerospace and automotive.  
#automation #jec #peek

ThermHex Waben highlights thermoplastic honeycomb panels
Thermoplastics

ThermHex Waben highlights thermoplastic honeycomb panels

Economically produced composite sandwich panels are sustainable while maintaining high mechanical performance and surface quality, driving them into new market applications.  
#sustainability

Avient polyketone-based materials offer additional sustainable alternatives to polyamides
Thermoplastics

Avient polyketone-based materials offer additional sustainable alternatives to polyamides

Complēt PKE long fiber-reinforced engineered thermoplastics, available with 30-50% long glass fiber, broaden application options, even in cold environments.  
#sustainability

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Teijin Carbon America
Thermoplastics

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Teijin Carbon America

Teijin Carbon America demonstrates its specialization in carbon fiber and other composite materials across industries, including Tenax, Pyromex OPF and Tenax Thermoplastics lines.
#camx

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