Bio-based thermoplastics are produced from renewable organic materials and can be recycled after use. Their resilience can be improved by blending bio-based thermoplastics with other thermoplastics.

ATC Manufacturing (Post Falls, Idaho, U.S.) has been providing advanced composite solutions to the aerospace and defense industries for more than two decades. Founded in 2004 by former Boeing engineer ...

After several decades of aerospace composite adoption, the industry has mostly exhausted the low-hanging fruit "metal to composite" conversations via traditional continuous fiber thermoset ...

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In a quiet yet significant shift, Airbus and Boeing are rethinking their approaches to aircraft manufacturing in preparation for the next generation of passenger jets. Both companies have set ...

Fibre-reinforced thermoplastics are well established for their exceptional balance of mechanical strength, stiffness and ...

This article delves into the fundamentals, advantages, and uses of fiber-reinforced thermoplastics during a period of heightened interest in reinforcement agents. The reinforcement of plastics is ...

This paper describes a method for additive manufacturing for forming composite articles comprising thermoset silicon-containing polymers, which includes (a) providing a first composition comprising a ...

CHICAGO—Compounding giant Hexpol Group, specifically its Hexpol TPE division, continues to grow through acquisition, ultimately bringing some of the bolt-ons under the Hexpol TPE name. That is the ...

At the Paris Air Show, the Helues project perfectly illustrates thermoplastic solutions with a new demonstrator, a complex structural component for an overwing emergency exit door. It is the result of ...

Thermoplastic tapes, typically composed of continuous fibers embedded in thermoplastic resin matrices, offer advantages such ...