Source | Smarter Building Systems   Smarter Building Systems LLC (Newport, R.I., U.S.) and Innovative Formulations (Tucson, Ariz., U.S.) have developed a non-toxic fire-retardant epoxy, said to self-extinguish in seconds, causing no smoke emissions and no flame spread.  Deve

Lingrove has started producing its next generation product: 99.7% bio-based Ekoa veneer. These products offer the lightweight strength of composites and higher environmental resistance than wood, with sustainability that exceeds both conventional composites and wood. Ekoa bio-based composite ve

Source | Arevo   Arevo (Milpitas, Calif., U.S.) announced on Aug. 27 that it will display the world’s first 3D-printed carbon fiber unibody production bike frame at Eurobike 2019 next week in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Also on display will be Arevo’s 3D-printed thermo

  Source | AGC Chemicals   AGC Chemicals (Exton, Pa., U.S.) is featuring its modified polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and Fluon+ EA-2000 resin.  The company’s modified PEEK — mPEEK — is enhanced with specialty fluoropolymers said to improve impact and w

PRF Composite Materials (Dorset, U.K.) introduces RP542-4, its latest epoxy prepreg system for unidirectional (UD) and woven carbon fiber fabrics. RP542-4 has been designed as an intermediately toughened system to complement the company’s RP542-1 and super-toughened RP

The case for recycled carbon fiber is a complicated one. The industry is built on the hope of solving problems — namely, the desire to keep carbon fiber waste out of landfills and to fill a potential gap between carbon fiber supply and demand. It is commonly estimated that around 30% of produc

  As we get ready for CAMX 2019 (Sep 23-26, Anaheim, Calif., U.S.) — note that CW’s Sep print issue features a 40-page preview of the show — I am looking at the series of blogs that I had planned to publish after last year’s event. Believing that late is better than

This is my second blog in this pre-CAMX 2019 series which highlights key technologies that were actually exhibited at CAMX 2018. This blog centers on Heraeus Noblelight’s new black.infrared system, a novel type of system for composites processing, and its humm3 technology, whi

 Continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites (TPCs) have been cited as an enabling technology for the future of sustainable aircraft, offering increased production rates of lightweight, high-toughness parts that can be joined without holes or fasteners into economical welded assemb

  This is the third in my series of blogs about technologies you should check out at CAMX 2019 (Sep 23-26, Anaheim

Continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic tape made out of glass fiber and polypropylene on Karl Mayer’s SIM.PLY production line. Source | Karl Mayer   Karl Mayer Technische Textilien (Obertshausen, Germany), a specialist in non-crimped fabrics for lightweight structural components,

  Source | Johns Manville   Johns Manville (JM, Denver, Colo., U.S.), manufacturer of continuous filament glass fiber and a Berkshire Hathaway company, has launched three nylon thermoplastic composite product series for lightweight applications: OS-6, NCF-6 and CR-6 series. The OS-

  Bond-Laminates GmbH has increased its Tepex manufacturing capacity by around 50%.This is a response to the strong demand in the mass production of highly stressable components for lightweight vehicles and consumer electronics, according to the company. Source | LANXESS AG   Bond-L

INEOS Enterprises (Dublin, Ohio, U.S.) recently acquired Ashland’s composite polymers business, but Ashland Global Holdings Inc. (Columbus, Ohio, U.S.) still retains its adhesives business.  To help clarify the transition, below is a summary of which products and services are availa

  Source | COBRA International COBRA International Ltd. (Chonburi, Thailand) is collaborating with HG Robotics (Bangkok, Thailand), a leading drone manufacturer that specializes in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the agricultural market, on a composite fuselage cover for the

  The aircraft storage bin bracket developed by Victrex, Tri-Mack and Safran Cabin integrates two carbon fiber/PAEK inserts overmolded with a PEEK resin. The result was 50% mass reduction, 20% cost reduction and substantial improvement in buy-to-fly ratio. Source | Victrex When it comes t

    Solvay Composite Materials (Alpharetta, Ga., U.S.) reported this week that it is expanding its thermoplastic composites manufacturing capacity with a new production line at its facility in Anaheim, which the company says underscores its commitment to meet

Enabling industrial-scale hybrid joining FlexHyJoin demonstrates a mass production process for producing a thermoplastic composite roof stiffener with welded metal brackets for assembly into a metal body-in-white, like that of the project’s use case, the Fiat Panda city car.  Source |

  Orbital Composites, Inc. (San Jose, Calif., U.S.) launches “Orb”, an Industry 4.0 robotic 3D printing platform that is highly modular, scalable and rapidly deployable. Controlled by Orbital Composites’ proprietary Orb OS software, the operating system allows u

A consortium of material manufacturers, led by AVK - Industrievereinigung Reinforced Plastics e. V. (Frankfurt, Germany) has announced that the CAMPUS plastics materials database will now include material data on continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastics. The extended version of