leathers news

30th Oct 2019

GKN Aerospace has designed, manufactured and delivered a mid-scale demonstrator tool to the GKN Aerospace Filton facility as part of the Airbus-led 'Wing of Tomorrow' programme. This tool provides a fully functioning automated low pressure RTM system for the composite wing spar. This is one of the first times the RTM technology has been used on this...

30th Oct 2019

Composite Integration, the resin transfer moulding and resin infusion specialist, is displaying its expertise on liquid resin processes, resin transfer moulding (RTM), vacuum assisted resin transfer moulding (VRTM) and resin infusion at the ongoing Advanced Engineering Show in Birmingham, UK. The company is exhibiting in the Composites Engineering...

29th Oct 2019

Durashine—the high performance solution dyed acrylic fibre from Thai Acrylic Fibre Co. Ltd (TAF), a part of Aditya Birla Group—and Sol-Out—a new player in 100 per cent solution dyed acrylic fabrics for outdoors—launched a new range of fabrics at the recently concluded IFAI Expo 2019 in Orlando. The new range has plain solids, stripes and jacquard...

25th Oct 2019

A researcher from University of Southern Queensland (USQ) has got the Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship for developing potentially life-saving technology of fire-retardant thermal insulation foams for safer buildings. ARC Future Fellowships support mid-career researchers doing high quality research of national and international...

25th Oct 2019

4M Carbon Corp and Montefibre Carbon Fibre are all set to become partners with an aim to disrupt the carbon fibre industry by combining Montefibre's ultra-large tow precursor and 4M's low-cost carbon fibre production technology to produce the world's lowest-cost industrial-grade carbon fibre. The two are in the process of finalising a letter of intent.

24th Oct 2019

Scientists at the NC State University New have shown that a combination of steel composite metal foam (CMF) and epoxy resin has better characteristics for use as a leading-edge material for aircraft wings than the aluminum currently in widespread use. The research is published in the journal Applied Surface Science, and has been done with support from...

24th Oct 2019

Composites manufacturer Fibrelite has developed a new range of Radio Frequency (RF) friendly manhole access covers, which have been designed to support data transfer between antennas underground and aboveground. There has been increased demand for RF friendly manhole covers. The new manhole covers have been tested at university of Lancaster.

24th Oct 2019

The conductive textile market is estimated to rise with a single digit compounded annual growth rate, primarily influenced by the demand for smart conductive textile for a wide range of applications in various end-use industries, including healthcare monitoring, treatment and military, according to a new research report by market intelligence firm...

24th Oct 2019

China's Sichuan Dahua General Aircraft Manufacturing Company has acquired the entire assets of leading European gyrocopter company ArrowCopter. The transaction was brokered by consultants Aerospace Investments Co. Ltd (UK) and Silk Wings Aviation (Beijing). The deal follows the recent conclusion of a formal agreement in an Austrian insolvency court.