Rockwood Composites, the composites components manufacturer, has announced it will quadruple its capacity in the next five years. This includes increasing its factory floor space from 5,000 to over 30,000 square feet, which will be supported by a commensurate increase in sales and recruiting more highly skilled engineers. This growth has already started with the […]
Building on a 75 year legacy of excellence in mechanical testing, Instron is proud to announce the capacity expansion of the 3400 and 6800 Series universal testing systems. The all-new 3400 and 6800 Series high force universal testing systems are successors to Instron’s popular 3300 and 5900 Series systems and are available in 100 kN […]
A Scottish boatbuilder, A & R Way Ltd (Lochgilphead), has embedded an electric propulsion system into a rudder on a new build Oban Skiff. Adam Way made a replica rudder with a core of Sapele and cheeks of larch, with an ePropulsion Spirit 1 Evo Remote inside. Adam dismantled, rebuilt and reconfigured the propulsion unit […]
A new, lightweight, carbon composite crane mast and telescopic boom is being developed by a collaborative research and development (R&D) project team in the Czech Republic. The project is based upon the use of an advanced automated composite process which uses robot assisted filament placement to manufacture stiff, high strength continuous fibre structures and integrated […]
Composite Integration provides market leading, innovative resin mixing and injection equipment for composites manufacturing, specialising in Resin Transfer Moulding and Direct Infusion™ processes in a range of sectors including renewables, aerospace, automotive and marine. The company started in 2002, manufacturing composite tooling and helping companies to manufacture composite components, from small covers and enclosures up to […]
Toray Advanced Composites strengthened their commercial partnership with Specialty Materials this October at CAMX 2022. The joint collaboration will improve the supply chain by uniting Specialty’s boron fiber with Toray Composite Materials America’s domestically produced high-strength intermediate modulus carbon fibers T1100G and a variety of Toray Advanced Composites’ resin systems including toughened epoxies, cyanate esters, […]
Resonate Testing will attended the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 10th Triennial Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference in New Jersey, USA last week as the company secured an opportunity to present its research findings during the three-day event. Following recent work with the FAA Tech Centre in Atlantic City that saw Resonate Testing assist with […]
Scott Bader and HANS CLAUSSEN have recently agreed an expansion of their successful partnership in Scandinavia. The expansion will see HANS CLAUSSEN distribute third party products, such as ancillaries and reinforcements, through their Swedish operation NB8 SOLUTIONS alongside Scott Bader products in Scandinavia, thus offering Scandinavian customers a ‘one-stop shop’ for their composite and adhesive […]
Dura Composites’ interconnecting decking tiles were installed at the Royal Solent Yacht Club, located on the seafront next to Yarmouth Pier on the Isle of Wight, enjoying unrivalled views of the Western Solent.In addition to running a comprehensive summer sailing programme for members, the Club also hosts a number of regattas and championships, the best […]
At this year’s K-Show 2022 from 19 – 26 October 2022 in Düsseldorf, the Swiss manufacturer Tool-Temp AG will present the first temperature control units of the new MATIC product line. Temperature control has a great influence on your product quality, productivity, energy efficiency and your production costs. The product line MATIC with its control […]