Various materials have been used as core materials in sandwich composites to produce strong, lightweight and cost-effective structures in a broad range of uses. Most recently, the wind energy industry...
The use of CFRP has spread to a multitude of new products requiring strength, reduced weight and high performance. CFRP is finding more applications in wind energy, pressure vessels, sports and...
Vehicle manufacturers continue to increase fibre reinforced plastics (FRP) content in their products to reduce weight, consolidate parts and save money. Suppliers are making good use of improved...
Sunny Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, will play host to the largest composites trade show in North America on 2-4 February, when the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) holds its COMPOSITES...
Construction is one of the largest markets for composites globally. While growth has slowed in regions hit by a decline in residential housing construction, including Europe and North America, China...
New and innovative core materials are adding design freedom, cost efficiency and other desirable qualities to composite sandwich structures, along with high strength, stiffness and optimised weight....
The increased demand for large-scale composites, especially in aerospace applications, is driving a trend toward lighter-weight, durable composite tooling and away from metal tooling. Richard Stewart...
The drive toward smaller, lighter, more energy-efficient vehicles continues as consumers push for 'greener' – but not necessarily smaller – vehicles, while government regulators demand ever higher...
Despite the current lull in demand for carbon fibres from high-volume users, the range of manufacturing applications for carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) continues to expand in the face of new...
Automated production of tanks, pipes, spheres, golf club shafts and other hollow symmetrical structures made of reinforced plastics are a natural fit for the filament winding process. Even...
Prepregs – reinforcing materials pre-impregnated with resin and ready to use to produce composite parts – are growing in popularity among all segments of the composites industry due to their...
We report on the tremendous potential for growth that carbon fibre represents and the innovative processing techniques and production advances that make the use of these high-performance...
