DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/99bknc/2013_global_and) has announced the addition of the "2013 Global and ...

The new composites are designed as alternatives to thermoset sheet molding compounds (SMCs). Offering similar mechanical performance, they are much more ductile and, as thermoplastic systems, much ...

However, for a statement on the properties of the final component, the local material properties, such as resin/matrix composition, pore content, fibre content, distribution and orientation, are ...

The direct, or inline-compounding (ILC), process has been a major boon to thermoplastic composites during the past decade. Direct processing has driven significant growth in the use of such materials ...

When engineers at General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products (GDATP) recently designed the ammunition container for a new aircraft weapon system, they decided very early in the process to make ...

AZoM talks to DeWayne Howell and Jason Gabriel (Technical Engineering TenCate/CCS Composites), about the process of compression molding for composites and what the benefits and applications of this ...

Italian plastics machinery maker Cannon Forma has developed so-called ‘twin sheet forming technology’, which has gained the attention of numerous manufacturers, including Visteon for the production of ...