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Nickel-coatedcarbonfibresmayoutperformcarbonmeshincompositeaircraft?Drivenbytheneedtoreduceweightandimprovefuelefficiency,overthepasttwodecades,aircraftmanufacturershaveincreasinglyturnedtocarbonfibre
ScientistsattheDepartmentofEnergy’sOakRidgeNationalLaboratory(ORNL)intheUShavedevelopedarenewable3Dprintingfeedstockwhichuseslignin.Ligninisthematerialleftoverfromtheprocessingofbiomass.Itgivesp
HexcelCorporationsaysthatithascompleteditsacquisitionofARCTechnologiesLLC,asupplierofcustomradiofrequency/electromagneticInterferenceandmicrowaveabsorbingcompositematerialsformilitary,aerospaceandindu
ScientistsattheUSDepartmentofEnergy(DOE)'sOakRidgeNationalLaboratory(ORNL)havecreatedarecipeforarenewable3Dprintingmaterialthatcouldspuraprofitablenewuseforanintractablebiorefineryby-product:ligni
Hexcelplanstoexhibititsrangeofcompositematerialsforskis,snowboardsandotherwintersportsequipmentatISPOMunich2018,takingplacefrom28-31January.TechnologiesondisplaywillincludeHexPlyM78.1fast-curingprepre
NorthThinPlyTechnology,whichmakeslightweightprepregmaterials,andboatbuilderFibreMechanics,havejoinedforcestodevelopcompositesforboatyards.Thecompaniesplantobuildstructuressuchasbulkheads,girdersandint