Composites

15th Mar 2017

Diversified Structural Composites (DSC), a Teijin Group subsidiary in Kentucky, is attending JEC World 2017, the largest composites show. The company is displaying pultruded composite profiles, called pultrusions, which help reduce automobile body and structure weight and raise the performance of industrial materials while maintaining cost...

14th Mar 2017

R-Tech Materials’ polymer and composites testing laboratory has invested in a Zwick 250kN universal testing machine – the first of its kind in the UK to run on the latest testXpert III software. The machine is to be aligned to aerospace standards and will enable R-Tech to carry out more complex testing and increase its composites testing capacity.

10th Mar 2017

Metyx Composites will showcase its latest high performance Eglass, aramid and carbon fibre technical textile products in its range of RTM, multiaxial and woven fabrics. The company will also promote the expanded production capacity and kitting service for fabrics, cores and vacuum consumables, which are now available from its factory in Hungary.

8th Mar 2017

The first cutting-edge civil helicopter with a composite structure, H160, is being showcased at JEC world in Paris. H160 is lighter, more robust and resistant to corrosion and fatigue, and has reduced maintenance needs due to its composite body. The aircraft is the result of collaboration between Airbus Helicopters and Porcher Industries.

7th Mar 2017

A 1.5 megawatt-Atlantis Resources tidal turbine has been installed at the MeyGen site in the Pentland Firth. The AR1500 turbine has hit full power and is already exporting to the grid. Its three rotor blades have been manufactured by AC Marine & Composites. The Pentland Firth is a strait separating Orkney Islands from Caithness in Scotland's north.

7th Mar 2017

Cannon's full range of technologies including dedicated solutions for composites mass production such as resin dosing units and mixing heads, polymerisation presses, moulds, industry 4.0-compliant software and electronic controls, and ancillary equipment will be at display at a three-day exhibition, JEC World 2017, on composites in Paris.

2nd Mar 2017

A single-handed Olympic class Laser dinghy, which raced at the Rio 2016 Olympics, is all set to enthrall visitors at JEC World 2017, an international composites event in Paris. The dinghy is part of the display being put up by Scott Bader. The event covers the whole composites value chain from raw material to processors and final products.

1st Mar 2017

Exechon, LLC, a joint-venture comprising Abu Dhabi-based Injaz National, US global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin, and Sweden-based Tecgrant AB, introduced its XMini robotic system at the recently held IDEX 2017, the international defence conference in Abu Dhabi, at the Lockheed Martin stand, in booth 01-A11, from February 19 to 23,...

1st Mar 2017

Germany’s leading carbon company, SGL Group, has announced that the company has renewed its commitment to endowing the Chair of Carbon Composites (LCC) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), which began eight years ago. The agreement for a six-year extension was signed by TUM president Wolfgang A. Herrmann and the SGL Group’s CEO, Jurgen Kohler.