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Category: Industry Digest

Keep up to date with the latest news of interest to the composites industry

High-Tech Roads Include Solar Panels to Fuel EV Charging Stations

January 11, 2021

Unchartered Power in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. is providing clean energy for electric vehicles (EV) in a whole new way.  In the city’s Innovation District, solar power panels are being embedded...

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Lightweight Distributed Propulsion Hybrid Aircraft Moves Closer to Take-Off

January 05, 2021

With support from France’s CORAC civil aviation research council, Daher, Safran, and Airbus are designing a lightweight distributed propulsion hybrid aircraft demonstrator, the EcoPulse™.  Developed on a Daher light...

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NASA Telescope’s Deployable Tower Assembly Passes Post-Environmental Testing

December 19, 2020

The mission of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is to find the first galaxies that formed in the early universe and to see stars forming planetary systems. The telescope...

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Service Ramps for Disabled Trolley Riders Made Safer with Composites

December 11, 2020

Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) is being used to build new service ramps to bridge the gap between the rail trolleys and the station platforms on the Memphis Area Transit...

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Carbon Fiber Windsurf Fins Built with Bio-based Resin Epoxy

December 03, 2020

Sonntag fins are custom made for each windsurf slalom sailor, racer, or speed sailor placing an order, specifically tailored to the rider’s size, riding style, and the feel and...

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Carbon Fiber Composites Used Inside and Out on MANSORY’s Conversion of the Audi RS Q8

November 25, 2020

MANSORY followed-up its successful conversion of an Audi RS6 estate car with the conversion of the Audi RS Q8 luxury SUV. The RS Q8 is based on the style...

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NASA Developing New Planetary Construction Technologies with Advanced Materials

November 20, 2020

NASA plans to continue lunar exploration and will need to build structures on the Moon to allow astronauts and explorers to work and stay there safely and sustainably. This...

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Carbon Fiber Impellers Power BMW i’s Electrified Wingsuit

November 12, 2020

The BMW i Electrified Wingsuit is the next innovation in wingsuits, powered by impellers for sustainable energy. The Electrified Wingsuit features two carbon fiber impellers which are each powered...

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Flying Car Designed with Composites Ready to Hit the Road, and Soon, the Sky

October 30, 2020

PAL-V started flying and driving its flying car test prototypes back in 2012. That testing led to PAL-V designing its first flying car to be available commercially, the Liberty....

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America’s Cup Competitor Relies on Composites for Speed and Strength

October 23, 2020

Symmetrix Composite Tooling is a Supplier/Technical Partner with New York Yacht Club American Magic, the U.S. Challenger for the 36th America’s Cup. To provide the necessary patterns and molds...

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