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【Industry News】Sneakers developed with recycled thermoplastic waste
Decathlon’s Traxium compression football boots are manufactured using a one-step molding process, driving the sporting goods market towards a more recyclable solution. Kipsta, the football brand owned by sporting goods company Decathlon, aims to push the industry towards more recyclable so...Read more -
SABIC unveils glass fiber reinforcement for 5G antennas
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, has introduced LNP Thermocomp OFC08V compound, a material ideal for 5G base station dipole antennas and other electrical/electronic applications. This new compound could help the industry develop lightweight, economical, all-plastic antenna design...Read more -
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[Fiber] Basalt fiber cloth escorts the “Tianhe” space station!
At about 10 o’clock on April 16, the Shenzhou 13 manned spacecraft return capsule successfully landed at the Dongfeng Landing Site, and the astronauts returned safely. It is little known that during the 183 days of the astronauts’ stay in orbit, the basalt fiber cloth has been on the ...Read more -
Material selection and application of epoxy resin composite pultrusion profile
The pultrusion molding process is to extrude the continuous glass fiber bundle impregnated with resin glue and other continuous reinforcing materials such as glass cloth tape, polyester surface felt, etc. A method for forming glass fiber reinforced plastic profiles by heat curing in a curing furn...Read more -
Fiberglass reinforced composite products change the future of terminal construction
From North America to Asia, from Europe to Oceania, new composite products appear in marine and marine engineering, playing an increasing role. Pultron, a composite materials company based in New Zealand, Oceania, has cooperated with another terminal design and construction company to develop and...Read more -
What materials are needed to make FRP molds?
First of all, you need to know what the specific requirements of the mold are, ordinary, high temperature resistance, hand lay-up, or vacuuming process, are there any special requirements for weight or performance? Obviously, the composite strength and material cost of different glass fiber fabri...Read more -
The giants of composite materials-related raw material chemical companies have announced price increases one after another!
At the beginning of 2022, the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war has caused the prices of energy products such as oil and natural gas to rise sharply; the Okron virus has swept the world, and China, especially Shanghai, has also experienced a “cold spring” and the global economy ha...Read more -
What processes can fiberglass powder be used for?
Fiberglass powder is mainly used to strengthen thermoplastics. Because of its good cost performance, it is especially suitable for compounding with resin as a reinforcing material for automobiles, trains, and ship shells, so where can it be used. Fiberglass powder is used in high temperature res...Read more -
【Composite information】Development of chassis components with green fiber composite materials
How can fiber composites replace steel in the development of chassis components? This is the problem that the Eco-Dynamic-SMC (Eco-Dynamic-SMC) project aims to solve. Gestamp, the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology and other consortium partners want to develop chassis components made o...Read more -
【Industry news】Innovative composite motorcycle brake cover reduces carbon by 82%
Developed by Swiss sustainable lightweighting company Bcomp and partner Austrian KTM Technologies, the motocross brake cover combines the excellent properties of thermoset and thermoplastic polymers, and also reduces thermoset-related CO2 emissions by 82%. The cover uses a pre-impregnated versio...Read more -
What are the characteristics of glass fiber mesh during construction
Now the exterior walls will use a kind of mesh cloth. This kind of glass fiber mesh cloth is a kind of glass-like fiber. This mesh has strong warp and weft strength, and has a large size and some chemical stability, so it is also widely used in external wall insulation, and it is also a very simp...Read more -
Application of carbon fiber and composite materials in electric bicycles
Carbon fiber is rarely used in electric bicycles, but with the upgrade of consumption, carbon fiber electric bicycles are gradually accepted. For example, the latest carbon fiber electric bicycle developed by the British CrownCruiser company uses carbon fiber materials in the wheel hub, frame, fr...Read more
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