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Thermoplastic composites: Ensinger commissions new prepreg facility
- 15.10.2020
- Machinery & Equipment
- Composites
Since 1966, Ensinger has been active in the field of engineering polymers. Today, the corporate group’s range of products and services covers the entire value added chain – from compounding and extrusion, injection moulding and stock shapes through to finished...
Extending the product range company ECTA Handelsgesellschaft GmbH
- 18.07.2019
- Latest News
- Composites
ECTA Handelsgesellschaft GmbH has expanded its product...
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The FRIMO Group has successfully presented at JEC World 2018 in Paris
- 08.06.2018
- Machinery & Equipment
- Automotive
- Composites
This year, the JEC World Fair was again presented as the world's leading composite trade fair. More than 1300 exhibitors with about 42,500 visitors from 115 countries this year were very...
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LANXESS at Fakuma: Focus on new forms of mobility
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS will primarily focus on the sustainable in-vehicle applications of its thermoplastics during its appearance at the Fakuma trade...
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LANXESS subsidiary presents large-area structural part in thin-wall design
- 01.08.2017
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Composites
With the help of continuous-fiber-reinforced, semi-finished thermoplastic composites, structural parts with a large surface area can be designed to be very thin and therefore lightweight. They can also be equipped with numerous functions, as demonstrated by a new module rack, only one millimeter...
Ensinger acquires Swiss composite specialist
- 09.06.2017
- Latest News
- Composites
Finished parts from carbon reinforced thermoplastics open up a new business...
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A new generation of composite materials improves the economics of enterprise
- 19.09.2016
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Composites
Development of composites mainly focuses on the materials which can be processed easily and quickly. Just such a resin material is a new generation of ASSET. Processing utility and value improves the standard properties of thermoset and cheaper...
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Call for lightweight construction in 2025
Composites have long found only in low series of specific segments such as eg. The aerospace industry and the production of racing cars. Their use is currently significantly accelerated the trend of electric cars and the overall focus on lightweight construction. They set up new targets for the...
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Composites with thermoplastic matrix and automotive, Part 5
- 12.01.2015
- Plastics Processing
- Automotive
- Composites
Dry granulation - in hygroscopic matrices and reinforcing fillers is necessary before the injection process technology operations include drying the granules. Of course, the granules supplied from the manufacturer in a dry state, this operation is omitted. But always be dried granules uneaten after...
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Composites with thermoplastic matrix and automotive, Part 4
- 05.01.2015
- Plastics Processing
- Automotive
- Composites
Abrasiveness, increased injection pressure - of course also affect the design of injection molds for processing composites LFT, especially the selection of appropriate materials, shapes and forms part of the dimension in terms of...
