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【Industry News】Hexcel carbon fiber composite material becomes a candidate material for NASA rocket booster, which will help lunar exploration and Mars missions
On March 1, U.S.-based carbon fiber manufacturer Hexcel Corporation announced that its advanced composite material has been selected by Northrop Grumman for the production of booster end-of-life and end-of-life for NASA’s Artemis 9 Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) booster. No...Read more -
【Composite information】New choice of materials – carbon fiber wireless power bank
Volonic, an Orange County, California-based luxury lifestyle brand that blends innovative technology with stylish artwork – announced the immediate launch of carbon fiber as the luxury material option for its flagship Volonic Valet 3. Available in black and white, carbon fiber joins a curat...Read more -
Types and characteristics of sandwich structure manufacturing technology in FRP production process
Sandwich structures are generally composites made of three layers of material. The upper and lower layers of the sandwich composite material are high-strength and high-modulus materials, and the middle layer is a thicker lightweight material. The FRP sandwich structure is actually a recombinatio...Read more -
Influence of FRP mold on product surface quality
Mould is the main equipment for forming FRP products. Moulds can be divided into steel, aluminum, cement, rubber, paraffin, FRP and other types according to the material. FRP molds have become the most commonly used molds in the hand lay-up FRP process because of their easy forming, easy availabi...Read more -
Carbon fiber composites shine at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
The hosting of the Beijing Winter Olympics has attracted worldwide attention. A series of ice and snow equipment and core technologies with independent intellectual property rights of carbon fiber are also amazing. Snowmobiles and snowmobile helmets made of TG800 carbon fiber In order to make th...Read more -
【Composite information】Over 16 kilometers of composite pultruded bridge decks are used in the renovation project of Poland bridge
Fibrolux, the European technology leader in the development and manufacture of pultruded composites, announced that its largest civil engineering project to date, the renovation of the Marshal Jozef Pilsudski Bridge in Poland, was completed in December 2021. The bridge is 1km long, and Fibrolux s...Read more -
The first 38-meter composite yacht will be unveiled this spring, with glass fiber vacuum infusion molding
The Italian shipyard Maori Yacht is currently in the final stages of building the first 38.2-meter Maori M125 yacht. The scheduled delivery date is spring 2022, and it will debut. The Maori M125 has a slightly unorthodox exterior design as she has a shorter sun deck aft, which makes her spaciou...Read more -
Fiberglass reinforced PA66 on hair dryer
With the development of 5G, my country’s hair dryer has entered the next generation, and people’s demand for personalized hair dryers is also increasing. Glass fiber reinforced nylon has quietly become the star material of the hair dryer shell and the iconic material of the next gener...Read more -
Fibreglass reinforced concrete precast elements give new veil to Westfield Mall building in the Netherlands
Westfield Mall of The Netherlands is the first Westfield shopping center in the Netherlands built by Westfield Group at a cost of 500 million euros. It covers an area of 117,000 square meters and is the largest shopping center in the Netherlands. Most striking is the façade of the Westfield M...Read more -
【Composite information】Energy-saving buildings using pultruded composite materials
In a new report, the European Pultrusion Technology Association (EPTA) outlines how pultruded composites can be used to improve the thermal performance of building envelopes to meet increasingly stringent energy efficiency regulations. EPTA’s report “Opportunities for Pultruded Compos...Read more -
【Industry News】Recycling solution of glass fiber reinforced plastic organic sheet
Pure Loop’s Isec Evo series, a shredder-extruder combination used to recycle material in injection molding production as well as glass fiber-reinforced organic sheets, was concluded through a series of experiments. The Erema subsidiary, together with injection moulding machine manufacturer ...Read more -
[Scientific progress] New materials with better performance than graphene can lead to breakthrough battery technology evolution
Researchers have predicted a new carbon network, similar to graphene, but with a more complex microstructure, which may lead to better electric vehicle batteries. Graphene is arguably the most famous peculiar form of carbon. It has been tapped as a potential new game rule for lithium-ion battery ...Read more