Trexel has developed a new screw design that, when used in conjunction with Trexel’s MuCell microcellular foam process, will minimize damage to long-glass-fiber (12 mm or longer)-filled materials. The ...

High strength, dimensional stability and fit accuracy coupled with low weight are the hallmarks of large-format composite components produced using the Long Fiber Injection (LFI) process from ...

Anybrid GmbH (Dresden, Germany) is a spin-off from the Institute for Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK) at TU Dresden. ILK works with industry to develop new lightweight technologies ...

Munich, Germany-based KraussMaffei AG is offering a new in-mold painting process, for turning out high-gloss poly¼urethane parts made by long-fiber injection molding. A paint layer is sprayed directly ...

The program included a range of technologies focusing on innovative materials and manufacturing processes, including CF3D® to print the spars, long fiber injection molding for ribs, additively ...

Injection molding is an important processing method for conductive fiber-filled polymer composites. The disadvantage of this approach is that the electrical resistivity of the molded part increases ...

It’s long been established that retained fiber length has a direct impact on mechanical properties of composites. Shown above, flexural modulus is plotted against notched Charpy impact strength for a ...

Quebec, Canada-based Camoplast Inc. has partnered with Bayer MaterialScience LLC and KraussMaffei AG to develop Camoplast Long Fiber. CLF makes it possible to produce large parts using the long-fiber ...

ROMEO, Michigan — Forty minutes north of Detroit, up beyond Sterling Heights and Auburn Hills and so many other outer bedroom suburbs, up in the part of the metropolis that can still be called country ...

SARNIA, Ontario—Dow Automotive has installed a new polyurethane long fiber injection molding machine at its automotive research site in Sarnia. Rubber News wants to hear from its readers. If you want ...

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 ...