Lingrove plant-based ekoa composite featured in Hyundai Palisade concept vehicle
Carbon-neutral biocomposite enables interactive doorspear with look and feel of wood while protecting trees, enabling transparency and capacitive touch for futuretech.
#sustainability
Composites end markets: Boatbuilding and marine (2023)
While the recreational boating market is challenged to meet record-breaking sales in 2020 and 2021, composite materials and design innovation are abound, with a noticeable focus on 3D printing, biomaterials and sustainability.
#Basics #sourcebook #feature
Composites end markets: Civil infrastructure (2023)
Growth and potential grow for wider composites adoption in bridges, rebar and other concrete reinforcement and other infrastructure applications and repair.
#Basics #regulation #frprebar
Norco to build fuselage, wings and composite components for Skyfly eVTOL aircraft
Skyfly aims to achieve a complete airframe weight of just 220 kilograms, in addition to low-cost, accurate and reliable repeatability of manufacture for series production progression.
Inside Teijin’s thermoplastic tape expansion
Teijin is qualifying its second thermoplastic tape line in Heinsberg, Germany, that will significantly expand the company’s presence in this material segment.
#workinprogress
Optimizing AFP for complex-cored CFRP fuselage
Automated process cuts emissions, waste and cost for lightweight RACER helicopter side shells.
#insidemanufacturing
Super Formula, Bcomp announce sustainable fiber composite bodywork
Japan’s premiere single-seater race series confirms hybrid composite parts for SF23 chassis as part of Next 50 plan.
#biomaterials
Novel dry tape for liquid molded composites
MTorres seeks to enable next-gen aircraft and open new markets for composites with low-cost, high-permeability tapes and versatile, high-speed production lines.
#automation #outofautoclave #windblades
We Are One announces new Convergence carbon fiber rims, wheels
Boston Materials ZRT composite films are featured in the twisted-shape bicycle rim, enhancing strength, durability and light weight.
Thermoset-thermoplastic joining, natural fibers enable sustainability-focused brake cover
Award-winning motorcycle brake disc cover showcases potential for KTM Technologies’ Conexus joining technology and flax fiber composites.
#biomaterials #focusondesign