PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has announced the certification of HYBON fiber glass roving products for wind turbine blades by Germanischer Lloyd (GL), a leading international certification body in the wind energy industry.
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Smart textile coatings and laminates from Woodhead Publishing provides a stimulus for developing new and improved textile products. This important discussion opens with an overview of industry basics and current applications and progresses to consider likely future trends. The concept of interactions and heat and mass transfer are reviewed in the context of testing with attention also given to methods of characterisation.
Speed, efficiency and strength will be in the driver's seat of a special session that focuses on new materials for the legendary Lamborghini sports car at The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) 2010 Annua...
Modelling and predicting textile behaviour from Woodhead Publishing provides an overview of the different types of models and methods that can be used successfully within the textile industry. An overview of the structural hierarchy in textile materials forms the basis of the introduction with a proceeding chapter accessing fundamental modelling of textile fibrous structures.
UPM is to invest GBP 17 million in a materials recovery facility at its UPM Shotton paper mill in North Wales. The investment will further strengthen the mill's integrated operations and create up to 160 jobs at the ...
DuPont Protection Technologies (DPT) showcased personal protection solutions for fire service emergency responders at a recent fire show in Beijing, China.
A team of researchers from the University of Vigo, Rutgers University in the United States and Imperial College London, in the United Kingdom, has developed "laser spinning", a novel method of producing glass nanofibres with materials. They have been able to manufacture bioglass nanofibres, the bioactive glass used in regenerating bone, for the first time.
In partnership with Fyfe Company, LLC and the University of California, Irvine, Fibrwrap's prototype robotics will be used to apply high-strength fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) to the inside of aging water transmission p...
Scientists in China are reporting an advance that may improve the natural wonders of wool - already regarded as the "wonder fabric" for its lightness, softness, warmth even when wet, and other qualities. They say the discovery could give wool a "brain," placing it among other "smart" fabrics that shake off wrinkles, shrinkage and "breathe" to release perspiration. The study is in ACS' Langmuir.
Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a leading, global chemical company, today announced the acquisition of the long-fiber reinforced thermoplastics (LFT) business of FACT GmbH (Future Advanced Composites Technology) of Kais...
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