Monthly Archives: March 2016

‘Continuous-fiber Composite Provides Localized Reinforcement In Van Battery Console’

PlasticsToday.com Mar 23 11:06 pm 

March 24 2016 Stephen Moore Automotive and Mobility A German car manufacturer was looking for a solution to locally reinforce a battery box molded from a DLFT direct long glass fiber thermoplastic polypropylene PP compression molding compound. Crash test requirements stipulated that a 29-kilogram battery was not allowed to break through the wall... Compounding Injection Molding Materials

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Plastics and Rubber Weekly Mar 23 10:14 am 

Gary Leeke who is based at the department of chemical engineering at the University of Birmingham will be racing his canoe 125 miles in the International Canoe Race with his teammate Professor Liam Grover.

‘Metallocene Catalysis Could Revolutionize Carbon Fiber Composites’

PlasticsToday.com Mar 23 03:51 am 

March 23 2016 Stephen Moore Automotive and Mobility When the inventor of metallocene catalysts Professor Walter Kaminsky talks enthusiastically about the latest groundbreaking development in the field people tend to sit up and take notice. This was indeed the case at a polyolefins conference held in Bali Indonesia earlier this month where he... Compounding Injection Molding Materials

‘Haydale Develops New Graphene Reinforced Prepregs’

materialstoday Mar 23 04:45 am 

Haydale Composite Solutions has launched three new graphene enhanced carbon fiber prepregs in collaboration with SHD Composite Materials Ltd using epoxy resins from Huntsman Advanced Materials.

‘Global Military Helicopter MRO Market 2016-2020 – Key Vendors Are Airbus Helicopter, Bell Helicopter & Sikorsky …’

Business Wire Mar 23 05:26 am 

DUBLIN--BUSINESS WIRE--Research and Markets httpwww.researchandmarkets.comresearch7fhljbglobalmilitary has announced the addition of the quotGlobal Military Helicopter MRO Market 2016-2020quot report to their offering. The report forecasts the global military helicopter MRO market to grow at a CAGR of 3.2 during the period 2016-2020. The demand for MRO has significantly grown due to rise ...

‘New Resorbable Bioceramic Materials For Bone Fractures Might Soon Enter The Market’

Business Wire Mar 22 03:17 am 

BARCELONA Spain--BUSINESS WIRE--RESTORATION an European research project has developed new resorbable bioceramic materials that can be used in three different cases the mandible the vertebrae and the knees. Thanks to the excellent project results these products might be available on the market within a few years. The European research project RESTORATION developed new resorbable ceramic...

‘Scientists Show The Benefits Of Moldy Batteries’

materialstoday Mar 22 03:32 am 

This is an artistic rendering of a carbonized fungal biomass-manganese oxide mineral composite MycMnOxC that can be applied as a novel electrochemical material in energy storage devices. Image Qianwei Li and Geoffrey Michael Gadd.

‘Continental And Mitsubishi Develop Carbon Fiber For Automotive’

materialstoday Mar 22 04:00 am 

Continental Structural Plastics CSP a specialist in vehicle lightweighting technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mitsubishi Rayon Co Ltd regarding the development of carbon fiber structural components for the automotive industry in North America.

‘Carbon Fiber Resin Market Worth 532.7 Million USD By 2021’

PR Newswire Mar 22 04:54 am 

PUNE India March 22 2016 PRNewswire -- The report quotCarbon Fiber Resin Market by Resin Type Thermoset Thermoplastic by Form Prepreg Non-Prepreg by Application and by Region - Global Forecast to 2021quot published by MarketsandMarkets The global market size is projected to...

‘Characterization And Simulation Of Structural Fabrics – Part 2’

materialstoday Mar 22 05:00 am 

Part 1 of this article published in the MarchApril 2015 issue of Reinforced Plastics presented an insight into multiaxial reinforcements specialist FORMAX39s approach to materials characterization simulation of processing and composites performance.

’10 Tiny Homes You Can Actually Afford’

The Huffington Post Mar 21 04:41 pm 

By Cameron Huddleston Columnist Tiny homes aren39t for everyone. It takes a certain type of person to want live in just 100 to 400 square feet. But it39s the small size that39s part of the appeal of tiny homes and one of the reasons they39re growing in popularity. Those who embrace the tiny living philosophy like the idea of having less space to maintain. If you want to lower your housing costs ...

‘Advanced Structural Carbon Products: Fibers, Foams & Composites – Market Should Reach $3.3 Billion In 2020 – Research …’

Business Wire Mar 21 02:01 pm 

DUBLIN--BUSINESS WIRE--Research and Markets httpwww.researchandmarkets.comresearch4ztrjqadvanced has announced the addition of the quotAdvanced Structural Carbon Products Fibers Foams amp Compositesquot report to their offering. This report covers technological economic and business conditions in the structural carbons industry. Although this report is primarily a study of the U.S. market ...