In composites, heat transfer follows resin injection and this heat transfer is very sensitive to processing conditions. High-quality heat flux sensors permit detection of the resin flow front and ...

Toyota Motor Corp. has added more carbon fiber production capacity in house, and it's not just for supercars and not just about cutting weight. Core Molding Technologies Inc. is expanding its ...

Electric vehicle adoption and stringent emissions regulations are driving unprecedented demand for automotive lightweighting solutions. While carbon fibre wheels deliver compelling advantages up to 50 ...

Back in 1989, Radius Engineering published: “a versatile Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) process for producing high quality aerospace composite laminates has been demonstrated. Low-void-content ...

Golf clubs, bicycles — and now automotive, too: Together with KraussMaffei, Taiwanese composites specialist Advanced International Multitech (AIM) is expanding its portfolio to include high-pressure ...

The current trend toward out-of-autoclave (OOA) processing is driven by manufacturers’ competing needs to produce larger parts to help decrease fabrication costs. Although many OOA materials and ...

Epoxy resins are well known for their difficulty in pumping. This can be down to several factors ranging from their high viscosity, and sensitivity to shear wot the speed at which they can set when ...

CompositesWorld announces that the next installment in its annual Tech Days online event series will be “Thermoplastic Composite Solutions for Aerospace Structures.” The event is scheduled to take ...