Increasingly, metals in cars and airplanes are being replaced by fiber-reinforced plastics. Producing these materials using tape laying offers several advantages. Scientists are now working on readying this technology for use in series production. They will show a few demonstration parts in Hall 8a, Booth A11 at the Composites Europe trade fair, which will be taking place from October 9 - 11 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
There are vast quantities of seawater available; drinking water, on the other hand, is in scarce supply. Desalination plants can convert seawater to drinking water. Yet these plants require pipelines made of a special kind of steel or titanium – expensive material that is growing increasingly difficult to procure. Heat-conducting polymer composites may soon replace titanium altogether. Researchers will present this heat-conducting plastic at the Composites trade fair, October 9-11, 2012, in Düsseldorf (Hall 8a, Booth A11).
BASF and the SGL Group will jointly develop a composite material based on a reactive polyamide system and suitable carbon fibers, serving the cost-effective production of thermoplastic carbon fiber-reinforced composites.
The symposium to be held by SAE International will focus on all aspects pertaining to composites. Titled, "SAE 2013 Design, Manufacturing and Economics of Composites Symposium,” the event is scheduled to be held at Torino Incontra Conference Centre at Torino in Italy from January 29 to 30, 2013.
Global Information is offering three new market research reports to help present and future investors, research centers and companies, increase their know-how of the aerospace composites industry, aircraft manufacture and commercial aircraft modernization in China.
Researchers at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have developed a biocomposite material that can be an environment friendly alternative to conventionally used framework material for kitchen furniture.
Cabot has introduced a new reinforced elastomer composite specifically for mining applications. The Transfinity XD7050 is beneficial for mineral processing plants as it increases the life of rubber components.
Applied Nanotech has received a $999,990 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for the development of ultra-lightweight hydrogen fuel tanks utilizing carbon nanotube reinforcement.
The COMPOSITES EUROPE 2012 is the European Trade Fair and Forum for Composites, Technology and Applications. It has been conducted from 2006, and presents the latest machinery, technologies and services that are used in the composites process chain. This year’s event is being held from 9 to 11 October in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Owens Corning (OC), a producer of building materials, glass-fiber reinforcements and engineered materials for composite systems, announced the functionality of its new furnace at its Tlaxcala glass fiber reinforcement plant.
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