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Net Composites - News archive - July , 2010
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News Archive - July , 2010
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3A Composites Introduces New Visual Identity
Full story - Following the introduction of its name a few months ago, 3A Composites has launched a comprehensive new identity, including a dynamic logo and a visual identity concept.
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Toho Tenax Strengthens Aerospace Composites Initiatives
Full story - Toho Tenax, the core company of the Teijin Group's carbon fibres business, is significantly strengthening its strategic initiatives in the global aerospace market in an effort to expand its carbon fibre business.
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Evonik Now Offers Polyphthalamide for Composites
Full story - Evonik Industries is now offering polyphthalamide Vestamid HTplus for use as a thermoplastic matrix for composites, in powder, granulate, or film form.
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RS Breaks Into Mexican Market with CFE Order
Full story - RS Technologies has fulfilled an order to ship six truckloads of its RStandard composite utility poles to Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) to serve as an initial emergency stockpile. This is RS's first order with CFE and within Mexico.
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MAG AFP Systems Ordered for A350XWB Production
Full story - MAG Industrial Automation Systems has received an order for two Viper automated fibre placement systems to support production of the Airbus A350XWB at the plants of Germany's Premium Aerotech.
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Fiberforge in Strategic Collaboration with Fraunhofer Institute
Full story - Fraunhofer ICT and Fiberforge have started a strategic collaboration on R&D projects for various industries such as, automotive and aerospace, with Fraunhofer ICT installing a Relay Station 2000 at its thermoplastics research centre.
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Indian Institute Selects Abaqus FEA for Composites Simulation
Full story - Research and Development Establishment (Engineers) (R&DE (E)) has selected Abaqus Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software from Simulia for its virtual testing of metal and composite materials.
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Boeing Completes Firm Configuration of 787-9 Dreamliner
Full story - Boeing has completed the firm configuration for the 787-9 Dreamliner, reaching this milestone collaboration with airline customers and partners in this new stretch version of the Dreamliner.
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Firehole Partners with Saratech to Expand Distribution of Composites Simulation Software
Full story - Firehole Technologies has partnered with engineering and management solutions provider Saratech to market and sell Firehole’s Helius line of software tools.
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Racecar Materials Technology Makes The Grade Offshore
Full story - Prodrive has recently constructed a number of large crude-oil filters for use on an offshore platform, replacing steel with composites, and the company is now exploring other potential offshore applications to complement its existing expertise in motorsport.
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Ontario Home for International Composites Research Centre
Full story - The University of Western Ontario has signed a memorandum of understanding with Fraunhofer that would see the development of a joint project – the International Composites Research Centre (ICRC).
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SouthWest NanoTechnologies Awarded $500,000 Development Grant
Full story - SouthWest NanoTechnologies, along with the University of Oklahoma (OU), has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) to develop carbon nanotube (CNT) enhanced cathode materials for low-cost efficient Li-ion electric vehicle batteries.
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Long Fibres Improve Performance of Small-Scale Wind Turbine Blades
Full story - When China-based Hunan ZKenergy Wind Power Industrial Technology wanted to offer a reliable source for providing electricity to remote areas around the world, it adapted the technology of wind turbines to produce affordable, small-scale units suitable for off-grid locations.
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ÉireComposites Awarded €1.9 million in European Space Agency R&D Projects
Full story - Galway company, EireComposites Teo. has been awarded a total of €1.9 million in Research and Development contracts from the European Space Agency, aimed at producing new lightweight composite technologies for future space launcher and satellite structures.
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Hartzell Aerospace Receives Nadcap Accreditation for Composites
Full story - Hartzell Aerospace’s Industrial Tube Company, LLC (ITC) division has received Nadcap accreditation for composites.
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Interplastic Achieves ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Certification
Full story - Interplastic Corporation's Thermoset Resins Division has achieved ISO/IEC 17025:2005 certification for the division's Laboratory Services Group in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Hexcel’s Carbon Fibre Prepreg Approved by Germanischer Lloyd for Wind Blade construction
Full story - Hexcel's HexPly carbon fibre UD prepregs have been certified by Germanischer Lloyd for use in wind energy applications.
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Baseball Rules Change Puts Moratorium on Composite Bats
Full story - One of six new rules changes by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Baseball Rules Committee forbids the use of composite bats until they can meet the Batted Ball Coefficient of Restitution (BBCOR) performance standard.
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Spirit AeroSystems Opens A350 Facility in Kinston
Full story - Spirit AeroSystems has formally opened its new 500,000-square-foot Airbus A350 XWB component manufacturing facility in Kinston, N.C.
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New Research to Make Ships Less Vulnerable to Fire
Full story - Research scientists in Bolton and Southampton are working together to develop the next generation of composite materials for ships, to make them less vulnerable to fire.
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Three New Directors Join ACMA Board
Full story - Three new directors have joined the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) board of directors.
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AGY Beta Yarn Used in Structural Membrane Canopy
Full story - Many of expected 70 million attendees to the World Expo Center, which opened in Shanghai, China in May, will pass through the entrance pavilion whose structural membrane canopy is made with Beta yarn from AGY.
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Gastank Sweden Complete Development of Fibreglass CNG Tanks
Full story - High pressure cylinders for motor vehicles that use Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for their propulsion can now benefit from lightweight, cost competitive, advanced composite materials.
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TeXtreme Helps Formula Student Teams Lose 30kg
Full story - TeXtreme spread tow fabrics are being used by five different teams in this year's Formula Student competitions, with the teams being able to lose 30 kilos of weight on their composites parts over last year.
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Egypt Pavilion Meets China World Expo Fire Regulations
Full story - The Egypt pavilion currently on display at the China World Expo in Shanghai covers 500 sq. meters and took three months to complete, constructed by E-Grow, a local company commissioned to provide the pavilion.
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Lord Adheres to ABMACO Composite Recycling Program
Full story - Lord, the manufacturer of structural adhesives, is the newest member of the National Composite Recycling Program created by the Brazilian Composite Materials Association (ABMACO), which started in February and has the participation of the Institute for Technological Research (IPT).
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Boeing to Manufacture 787 Interior Parts in North Charleston
Full story - Boeing has chosen North Charleston, S.C., as the location for its new 787 Dreamliner interiors fabrication facility. Employees at the facility will manufacture and assemble airplane interior parts.
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McCauley Gains ASTM Compliance on Composite Prop for Skycatcher
Full story - Cessna’s McCauley Propeller Systems division has achieved ASTM compliance for a new two-blade, fixed-pitch composite propeller for the 162 Skycatcher.
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Constant Aviation Expands Core Capabilities
Full story - Constant Aviation, the maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility headquartered at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, are opening a new state-of-the-art accessory facility and will now offer full composite repair services for on and off wing repairs.
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Dow Systems and RS Technik Sign Alliance for Sewer Pipe Rehabilitation
Full story - Dow Systems and RS Technik will form a global commercial alliance focusing on the sewer pipeline rehabilitation market, specifically on cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) trenchless technology.
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Synergy Composites Receive Lloyd’s Approval
Full story - Synergy Composites, the advanced composite manufacturer based in Altham, Lancashire, has been audited and approved to ISO9001:2008 Quality Management Standards by the Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) organisation.
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Plataine Launches FabricOptimizer for Composites
Full story - Plataine, the provider of production optimization software, has announced the availability of its FabricOptimizer software for composite parts manufacturers.
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Innovative Composites Receives Order for Pedestrian Bridge
Full story - Innovative Composites International (ICI) has received a purchase order for a composite pedestrian bridge from Engineered Plastics Inc, a US specialty composite products manufacturer that serves the infrastructure/construction, mass transit and corrections industries.
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AirStar International Begins In-House Manufacturing of Rotor Blades
Full story - After 25 years of UAV Drone manufacturing, AirStar International has designed a new composite rotor blade for its line of Unmanned Vertical Take Off and Landing Air Vehicles (UAV VTOL's) that promises to improve efficiency by 66%.
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MCS and Araldite Fine-Tune Endurance Driving for a Cleaner Environment
Full story - MCS, the provider of gas vessels and pressure cylinders, is using an Araldite hot curing epoxy system for the production of high strength, composite fuel tanks for performance and endurance vehicles.
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Feature: Crystic Intumescent Topcoat Helps Wright Composites Make Tougher Fire Rated Bus Parts
Full story - Wright Composites, part of the Wright Group, located in Galgorm, Ballymena, Northern Ireland, manufactures a range of passenger vehicle FRP parts to demanding quality standards, mechanical performance levels and stringent fire resistance specifications.
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Restart of New Carbon Fibre Plant Construction
Full story - Mitsubishi Rayon (MRC) has resumed construction of new carbon fibre plant to be operational from the second quarter of 2011. MRC previously suspended the construction in March 2009 in response to global economic conditions and the corresponding downturn in carbon fibre markets.
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Lamborghini Opens Composites Centre
Full story - Lamborghini has opened a state-of-the-art Advanced Composites Research Center (ACRC) in Sant'Agata Bolognese to design, produce, and research new automotive composite materials.
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Bombardier Builds First Manufacturing Validation Unit for Learjet 85 Aircraft
Full story - Bombardier Aerospace has reached another significant Learjet 85 aircraft program milestone, having successfully built the first all-composite manufacturing validation unit (MVU) for the aircraft’s pressure fuselage section.
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Boeing Plans to Debut 787 Dreamliner at Farnborough
Full story - The Boeing 787 Dreamliner will make its international debut this month when the doors open on the Farnborough International Airshow.
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Solvay Partners With Entegris on New Carbon Nanotube PEEK Products
Full story - Solvay Advanced Polymers is partnering with Entegris Inc.'s Tego Polymers unit to develop and market advanced carbon nanotube-enhanced PEEK products suited for a range of emerging applications in the medical, aerospace, automotive, and oil and gas industries.
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Matrix Composites to Expand Operations
Full story - Matrix Composites, the Henderson, Kentucky based manufacturer of woven and knitted fibreglass reinforcements, will expand its operations.
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Plataine Launches On-Demand Web-Based Nesting Service
Full story - Plataine, the provider of production optimization solutions for manufacturers of textile, wood, metal and composite fabric cutting industries, has released the beta version of MarkerMaker.com.
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TRFA Announces Winner of Excellence in Thermoset Polymer Research Award
Full story - Krishna C. Etika of Texas A & M University's College of Engineering is the winner of the Thermoset Resin Formulators Association's (TRFA) first Excellence in Thermoset Polymer Research Award.
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Sigma-Aldrich Expands Offering of Carbon Nanotube Line
Full story - Sigma-Aldrich Materials Science is expanding its offering of SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT) carbon nanotubes (CNTs), to include SWeNT SMW100 Specialty Multi-Wall CNT and CG200 single wall, large diameter CNT.
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NanoRidge MaterialsSigns Contract for New Defence Armour
Full story - NanoRidge Materials has partnered with Riley Solutions to manufacture and supply specialised nanotechnology enhanced armour for the US Department of Defense.
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Pultruded SuperStructural Profiles to Support Solar Panels
Full story - Creative Pultrusions has worked closely with Flexera and Imco Reinforced Plastics to produce a pultruded structure to support solar panels on the roof of the Go fish Restaurant located in downtown Rehoboth, Delaware.
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ATK Delivers First Shipments of Composite Components for A350 XWB
Full story - Alliant Techsystems ( ATK) has shipped the first deliverables on the A350 XWB (Xtra Wide Body) program, including stringers for three different sections of the aircraft fuselage.
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VSS Enterprise Makes First Crewed Flight
Full story - 15th July was a significant milestone for Scaled Composites as the team march towards the first solo flights of VSS Enterprise (SpaceShipTwo).
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Alcan Global Aerospace launches Airware
Full story - Alcan Global Aerospace, Transportation and Industry (Alcan Global ATI), has launched Airware high-performance low density aluminium alloys for aircraft primary structures, in response to the recent increased use of carbon fibre.
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Alafco Opts for the A350-900
Full story - Alafco, the Kuwait-based international Aviation Lease and Finance Company, has converted its existing firm order for 12 Airbus A350-800s placed in 2007, into the higher capacity A350 -900 model.
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Goodrich Begins Qualification Testing of C-130 Carbon Brakes
Full story - Goodrich has begun qualification activities for the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the service's C-130 transport fleet with new boltless wheels and carbon brakes.
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner Makes International Debut
Full story - The Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its international debut in support of the Farnborough International Airshow.
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Airbus Concept Plane Offers Glimpse into the Future of Flight
Full story - Air passengers gained a glimpse into the future of flight as aircraft manufacturer Airbus unveiled its Concept Plane at the Farnborough International Airshow.
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Goodrich, Lockheed Martin, and Fokker to Develop F-35 Composite Landing Gear
Full story - Goodrich Corporation signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to design and develop polymer matrix composite (PMC) landing gear drag braces for the F-35 Lightning II.
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Qinetiq’s Zephyr Solar Powered Unmanned Aircraft Soars To New World Records
Full story - QinetiQ successfully landed Zephyr, its solar powered high-altitude long endurance (HALE) Unmanned Air System (UAS) after 14 days (336 hours) and 21 minutes flying over Arizona, and is now awaiting official confirmation of its world record status.
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