Source | Haydale   Haydale (Ammanford, U.K.) has launched a range of graphene-enhanced prepreg material for lightning strike protection, utilizing functionalized nanomaterials to improve the electrical conductivity. The material can be used for structural components or for enclosures for

  Source | Nova-Institute   Nova-Institute (Hürth, Germany) recently announced the winners of its2019 “Biocomposite of the Year” innovation awards, which were presented at the 8th Biocomposites Conference Cologne on Nov. 14-15 in Cologne, Germany.  A

  Source | Airbus In August 2019, SGL Carbon (Wiesbaden, Germany) began delivering two special glass fiber noncrimp fabrics for the new version of Airbus Helicopters’ (Marignane, France) model H145. The materials are used in the new helicopter’s five-b

  Bloodhound LSR during one of its test runs in South Africa. Source | Bloodhound LSR The Bloodhound LSR project, which plans in 2020 to break the world land speed record of 763.035 miles per hour, reported on Nov. 11 that in its series of high-speed testing in South Africa, it has taken

As noted in CW’s feature article on reconfigurable tooling, modular fixture design firm/component supplier Prodtex (Gothenburg, Sweden and Bristol, UK) is not only changing the way that large composite structures are assembled, but also is using composites to build the fixtures themselves. In

Scania Growth Capital (Södertälje, Sweden) announced on Aug. 20 it is investing SEK 35 million in Swedish material tech start-up Corebon AB (Arlöv, Sweden). Corebon has reportedly developed a patented process, based on induction heating, for producing carbon fiber reinforced pla

      Corebon (Malmö, Sweden) has developed patented technology for the production of composite materials and structures which delivers 10X the processing speed while achieving yields up to 98% and reducing energy usage 95% vs. current manufacturing methods. Corebon Tech

Fig. 1 Carbon fiber recycling process. Source | ELG Carbon Fibre   The exponential increase in the global demand for carb

Source | Bindatex   Bindatex (Bolton, U.K.) a composites and advanced materials precision slitting company, announces that it has doubled its capacity by investing in a new slitting line. The new line is reported to increase Bindatex’s capacity to 30 metric tonnes per yea

  Source | Hexagon   e-Xstream engineering (Newport Beach, Calif., U.S.), a market leader in materials simulation software and engineering services and part of Hexagon (North Kingstown, R.I., U.S.), announces advanced new capabilities to derive more accurate design values

  Source | Chomarat   Chomarat Group (Le Cheylard, France) has developed carbon fiber reinforcements for Arcona Yachts’ (Gustavsberg, Sweden) cruiser-racers 435 and 465. Chomarat’s high-performing C-PLY carbon noncrimp fabric (NCF) was used in the cru

Source | Vectorply     Vectorply Corp. (Phenix City, Ala., U.S.) has announced that its carbon noncrimp fabrics are used in the pultruded carbon fiber bumper beam of General Motors Co.’s (Detroit, Mich., U.S.) 2020 mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. The multi-ho

Source | RCBI   A composite-intensive helicopter, developed by a collaboration between Carbon Fiber Composites Inc. (Ona, W.Va., U.S.), Safari Helicopters (Marianna, Fla., U.S.) and the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) at Marshall University (Huntington, W.Va., U.S.), is now comm

    Irkut Corp. (Moscow, Russia) has announced that flight test experts from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA, Cologne, Germany) have completed the third flight session for the МS-21-300 certification program. This follows initial flight simulator sess

  Example of a tertiary part produced using ProDrive’s P2T process. CW photo | Scott Francis In this episode of CWTalks, CW senior editor Scott Francis interviews John McQuilliam, chief engineer at Prodrive Composites (Milton Keynes, U.K.),  designer and manufacturer

When approaching the design for an athletic shoe — or for sports equipment in general — performance is key. Numerous factors make up a performance shoe, and the requirements vary by shoe function; running shoes have different requirements than basketball shoes, for example. Running shoes

    The new Epic E1000 design is based on the company’s Epic LT aircraft, shown here in flight. Source | Epic Aircraft   Epic Aircraft (Bend, Ore., U.S.) has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted Type Certification for its E1

    Source | Zünd   Thanks to carbon and glass fiber components, the PC-24 business jet, manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft AG (Stans, Switzerland), boasts a base weight of only 5.3 tons (less than 12,000 pounds), which helps it take off and land on short, unpaved or grave

  Franklin Street Bridge, a bascule bridge in Michigan City, Indiana, was recently repaired using FRP bridge decking material from Composite Advantage. Source | Composite Advantage  Over the past year, composite materials have received increased consideration for infrastruc

  Source | NASA Last week NASA (Washington, D.C., U.S.) unveiled two new spacesuit designs — a new Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) and the Orion Crew Survival System (OCSS) suit — that will be used for the Artemis program moon missions. The next-generation spac