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Tex-Tech Industries completes acquisition of Fiber Materials, from Spirit AeroSystems

Tex-Tech Industries completes acquisition of Fiber Materials, from Spirit AeroSystems

Fiber Materials is an industry leader in high-temperature materials and reinforced composites, with a focus on Carbon / Carbon and related composites.

Materials 14 Feb 2025
Composites Basics for Beginners: Reinforcement Materials

Composites Basics for Beginners: Reinforcement Materials

Reinforcement fibres are the load carrying members in the composites and they are one dimensional materials and have high stiffness, strength, thermal stability ….

Reinforcements Composites Baisics 14 Feb 2025
Australia’s ACM CRC project to develop a cost-effective and cutting-edge airframe design

Australia’s ACM CRC project to develop a cost-effective and cutting-edge airframe design

Australian Composites Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (ACM CRC) Partners, Quickstep and RMIT University, have teamed up to develop and demonstrate an optimised sovereign Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) airframe design

Aerospace Design/Simulation 12 Feb 2025
ORNL, Sierra Space create new thermal protection system for reusable space vehicles

ORNL, Sierra Space create new thermal protection system for reusable space vehicles

Researchers with the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Sierra Space Corporation have developed a new silicon-carbide-based thermal protection system, (TPS), for reusable commercial spacecraft.Researchers with the US Department of Energy’s O

Aerospace Space 12 Feb 2025
DITF, Germany develops tapes made from recycled carbon fibres for lightweight construction

DITF, Germany develops tapes made from recycled carbon fibres for lightweight construction

The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF) have developed highly oriented tapes made from recycled carbon fibers (rCF) suitable for reuse in high-performance applications such as structural components in the automotive sector.

Automotive Carbon Fibres 12 Feb 2025
Bcomp’s flax fibre composites used in cladding panels for facade

Bcomp’s flax fibre composites used in cladding panels for facade

Bcomp collaborate with Temca to create the cladding panels for façade using flax fibre composites

Natural Fibre 12 Feb 2025
Development of composites rotor blades for flying car

Development of composites rotor blades for flying car

PAL-V and Royal NLR have successfully completed the development of the rotor blades for the PAL-V Liberty

Aerospace 12 Feb 2025
Exel Composites achieves new European standard for rail joints

Exel Composites achieves new European standard for rail joints

Exel Composites announced that its glass fibre fish plate rail joints have met the new European standard EN16843 for rail joints

Railway 12 Feb 2025
BASF launches innovative PPA for electric vehicle applications

BASF launches innovative PPA for electric vehicle applications

BASF announced that its newly developed flame retardant (FR) grade of Ultramid® T6000 polyphthalamide (PPA) is now used in terminal block application

Electricals 12 Feb 2025
Hexcel’s honeycomb core solution for development of unmanned aerial refuelling aircraft

Hexcel’s honeycomb core solution for development of unmanned aerial refuelling aircraft

This new material is being evaluated for use in the structure surrounding the high-temperature exhaust nozzle on the engine powering the MQ-25.

Aerospace 12 Feb 2025
New Life Cycle Assessment data available for unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester resins

New Life Cycle Assessment data available for unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester resins

With this information, fabricators and users of composites components can calculate the eco-footprint of their products (cradle-to-gate), for demonstrating the positive impact composites bring to the environment

Resins 12 Feb 2025

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