To speed layup and still offer good design flexibility, SABIC and Airborne borrowed an idea from the postal system when developing the ply layup process for thermoplastic composite tapes. Multiple ...

Toray Cetex TC1225 low-melt PAEK achieves further National Center for Advanced Materials Performance qualifications.

PlyMatch™ uses augmented reality to show the live combined images of actual and target ply outlines and fibre orientation details on a monitor, so that the two can be matched by the operator. PlyMatch ...

SABIC (Pittsfield, Mass., U.S., 6/P12) is highlighting the progress of its Digital Composites Manufacturing line, an automated digital systems for rapid, large-scale laminate manufacturing, via a ...

Researchers have created a self-healing composite that is tougher than materials currently used in aircraft wings, turbine blades and other applications—and can repair itself more than 1,000 times.

Long term tool durability is achieved by combining low-temperature cure profiles with the high-temperature thermal performance after free-standing post-cure. Under Toray, these products, along with ...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ESI Group, leading innovator in Virtual Prototyping software and services for manufacturing industries, announces the release of ESI PAM-COMPOSITES 2017. The latest version of ...

Best known for its ultra-thin materials, North Thin Ply Technology (NTPT) adapts its technologies to meet the specific needs of marine applications, especially for hydrofoils whether they are for ...

Researchers created a fiber-reinforced composite that resisted delamination and repeatedly healed itself using heat-activated ...