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26th Feb 2020

Bombardier Belfast and Saertex are continuing cooperation on producing lightweight components made of carbon-fibre, non-crimp-fabrics for the Airbus A220 aircraft. The two have signed a deal in this connection. Saertex supplies textile reinforcement materials and carbon fibre non-crimp-fabrics, with which Bombardier produces wing skins for the A220...

26th Feb 2020

ARRK has purchased two new CNC machines at its Composite Centre in Nuneaton in view of increasing demand for carbon. The machines will help company grow. One of the machines is meant to support an increase in demand from motorsport, telecommunications and aerospace industries and the other will increase the site’s carbon machined components volume.

25th Feb 2020

Mikrosam and its US representative Composite Automation will supply an integrated ATP machine to UD-CCM, for automatic placement of dry, thermoset and thermoplastic tape. This upgrades UD-CCM's capabilities, allowing R and D of primary structures at rate production. Initially, placement of thin ply materials will be evaluated for current projects with...

25th Feb 2020

The Pentha project in Odisha in which geo-textile tubes from Garware Technical Fibres were used for coastal protection helped the area in withstanding severe cyclones 'Phailin', 'Hud Hud' and 'Fani', that hit Odisha. The geo-textile tube acts as a massive bund that can be used as a protective measure against tidal wave action due to cyclones or...

25th Feb 2020

CopperGel and Nufabrx have jointly created pain relieving, copper infused clothing. The technology involves optimising textile materials with active ingredients at the yarn level, creating a new type of product category - health wear. The clothing produced this way actively soothes pain. The pain relief at the point of contact lasts up to 25 machine...

25th Feb 2020

Cetim, the French Technical Centre of Mechanical Industries, and the Japanese company KMTL (Kobe Material Testing Laboratory), have decided to work together in technical area of characterisation and testing of carbon fibre reinforced polymers and ceramic matrix composites. The two have signed a technical collaboration agreement in this regard.

24th Feb 2020

At JEC World 2020 in Paris from March 3-5, Hexcel will display new composite technologies for automotive sector including ultra-fast curing e-coat compatible prepregs and hybrid components, combining epoxy prepregs with a range of other materials. Hexcel is an advanced composites company that manufactures lightweight, high-performance structural...

24th Feb 2020

CRP Technology has unveiled a new flame retardant from the Top-Line family of composite materials for SLS - Windform FR2 - less than six months after the launch of Windform FR1, the first carbon fibre-reinforced flame-retardant material for professional 3D printing. Windform FR2 is halogen free polyamide based material. It is not electrically...

24th Feb 2020

A scientist in University of Borås has developed a new textile material which is lighter stronger, more heat and weather resistant, cheaper to manufacture, less chemicals involved, and recyclable, in comparison to the material currently used for textile bioreactors. The material may also be used in tents and structural buildings with inflatable...