Any hint of a potential new market for reinforced plastics is clearly of interest. So the fact that fibreglass and wood-plastic composite (WPC) are making inroads against traditional wood, steel and...
Recently there has been significant interest in the development of natural fibres and bio-derived plastics to replace the oil-derived polymers and mineral reinforcement fibres, such as glass,...
Today, end of life composites are generally shredded and sent to landfill or incinerated. A number of organisations are trying to develop viable recycling alternatives, especially for carbon, which...
Given the increased size of modern turbine blades and their growing fabrication sophistication and cost, blade monitoring is becoming important to operators and insurers alike.
Marstrom Composites AB is working at the extreme end of performance sailboat construction. Not only has it adopted high-end aerospace fabrication practices – it produces in carbon prepreg and claims...
When Airbus recently launched its A350 XWB (extra widebody) competitor to Boeing's B787 Dreamliner, it indicated that the airframe will be 52% reinforced plastic composite – similar to the B787's 50%....
A company on the Isle of Wight, geographical focus for some of the UK's leading expertise in both composites and renewable energies, has provided Reinforced Plastics with an overview on tooling used...
