textile technology

30th Sep 2019

Fabrics produced by Arville, a technical textiles specialist, are now used in diverse range of high-performance tyres, seals, diaphragms, gaskets, sheeting and flexible fuel tanks, which need an unseen textile matrix imbedded within the rubber. Arville fabrics provide strength to textile reinforced rubber products used in several industries across the...

30th Sep 2019

British cut resistant clothing brand, CutPRO, has launched its 2020 product range in order to help glass producers around the globe to reduce the number and severity of cut injuries and lacerations. With the new collection, CutPRO is has also established close relationships with some of the world's leading producers of float and high-performance glass.

30th Sep 2019

Airtech has invested in new technology in the form of a Large Scale Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) 3D printing machine with integrated machining capability. The LSAM relies on thermoplastic extrusion, a core competency of Airtech with nearly 50 years of experience to build on. Airtech is a manufacturer of vacuum bagging and composite tooling materials.

30th Sep 2019

Tape inserts offer enormous potential for injection moulding parts, according to a research analysis in a major consortial project led by Aachen Centre for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL), a leading engineering consultant in Germany; and the Institute for Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University (IKV), a teaching and research institute.

28th Sep 2019

In a joint project, BASF and STR Automotive have brought components for premium vehicles into serial production for the first time using the new material Elastolit R 8819 Lightweight. BASF is a German chemical company and a leading chemical producer in the world. STR Automotive produces exterior car components like bumpers, side stripes and rocker...

28th Sep 2019

CSP Victall has got the CCE-JEC Innovation Award for its advanced composite pickup box, currently in production on Jiangling Motors Corporation's (JMC) Yuhu 3 and Yuhu 5 pickup trucks. It is the first such use of composites in the Chinese automotive industry. The Yuhu composite pickup box is 30 per cent lighter than a similar box stamped in steel.

28th Sep 2019

A University of Miami materials engineer is developing an analytical method to help the aviation industry know about the strength and durability of composite materials. Use of composites in aviation industry is new and their long-term durability is not known. The tool is expected to provide this important data. The work is being supported by a Boeing...

27th Sep 2019

The Lanxess subsidiary Bond-Laminates is part of a project that is collecting the standards-compliant material data of commercial composites to upload these to the Campus plastics database. Several other international producers are also part of the project. The properties and processing characteristics of high-performance materials are still unknown.

27th Sep 2019

Fellow professor of The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering Academy (ATSE), Murray Scott, has been granted the prestigious Scala Award from the International Committee on Composite Materials (ICCM). ICCM is an international, non-governmental, not-for-profit, scientific and engineering organisation dedicated to composite materials.