Amanda Jacob

Last week's top 3 stories

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Top story: Out-of-autoclave prepreps. One of the most forward-looking applications for these materials so far has been the fabrication by Scaled Composites of the Spaceship 2/White Knight 2 spacecraft combination, with which Virgin Galactic plans to initiate an era of space tourism. (Picture courtesy of Virgin Galactic.)
Top story: Out-of-autoclave prepreps. One of the most forward-looking applications for these materials so far has been the fabrication by Scaled Composites of the Spaceship 2/White Knight 2 spacecraft combination, with which Virgin Galactic plans to initiate an era of space tourism. (Picture courtesy of Virgin Galactic.)
  1. De-autoclaving prepreg processing: Out-of-autoclave prepreg processes which can speed up fabrication and reduce costs whilst also equalling autoclave quality are a focus of development;
  2. Momentive unveils fast curing epoxy for automotive composites production: Anew epoxy system to speed up production of carbon fibre composites for structural automotive components by resin transfer moulding (RTM);
  3. Can epoxy composites be made 100% recyclable? An epoxy hardener series which is claimed to enable both fibre and resin to be recovered from end-of-life epoxy composites.