ENGEL will demonstrate how thermoplastic composite rotor blades for drones can be manufactured efficiently, with consistent ...

Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) play a big role in the design of ergonomically enhanced products. TPE sales grow at about 4 to 6% annually in the health-care market alone. TPE is used in health care ...

No longer is product design constrained to the property limits and performance characteristics of unmodified grades of resins. Thermoplastics that are reinforced with high-strength, high-modulus ...

Thermoplastic composite preforms for tubes, bicycle frames and beyond. French startup 3DiTex has developed a continuous process for winding complex-shaped, hollow, thermoformable preforms from ...

Imagine trying to design machines that will last forever, regardless of use or destination. Instead of those machines requiring a steady stream of spare parts (essentially impossible for space probes ...

The technology has been developed to support advances in automated fibre placement (AFP) and automated tape laying (ATL) applications for aerospace and other high-performance industries. Organisations ...

The opening of an extension building at the beginning of November, sees the Fraunhofer Pilot Plant Centre for Polymer Synthesis and Processing PAZ in Schkopau, Germany, strengthen its research into ...

Thermoplastic composites in aircraft structure have long been scrutinized, because this class of materials has the potential for fast forming, weldability, inherently superior fatigue performance and ...

Molded Rubber & Plastic Corp. is expanding its resources in medical device manufacturing with the addition of another liquid silicone rubber injection molding press at its Butler, Wis., headquarters ...

Crosswalks, stop bars, turn arrows, and lettering ("ONLYs") increasingly have become targets for the more-expensive but longer-lasting thermoplastic markings, so many contractors are considering ...

Contractors are diversifying services to become a one-stop shop for their customers, which isn't new, this has been happening for many years. If you are already performing paint striping services on ...