Current projections call for a doubling of the commercial aircraft fleet over the next 20 years. To accommodate this, production rates in 2019 for composites-intensive widebody jetliners vary from 10 ...

TPRC leverages its state-of-the-art lab facilities and the support of its academic partners to provide thermoplastic composites training and education. Photo Credit, all images: TPRC Thermoplastic ...

The machine is the latest generation of TP stamping systems designed and built by Pinette Emidecau Industries over the past few years. Since PEI is a custom builder of moulding systems, none of these ...

It is possible to produce thermoplastic advanced composite laminates with integral glass surface layers for metallic screens and/or galvanic protection to enable high surface conductivity. It is also ...

With damage tolerance rivalling advanced engineering alloys and thermoplastic forming capabilities analogous to conventional plastics, metallic glasses are emerging as a modern engineering material.

AZoM talks to Tom Smith and James Mondo from TenCate about the unique properties and applications of thermoplastics, especially with regards to the aerospace industry. Thermoplastic polymers are ...

Contractors who employ thermoplastic and paint striping equipment are well aware of the main difference between the two operations - heat. Since thermoplastic is applied at temperatures in the area of ...

A thermoplastic form of chitosan retains biological activity, enabling molded biodegradable plastics that store enzymes or living microbes and break down pollutants while maintaining strength and ...

ASICS has been granted a patent for a shoe-forming member that has excellent adhesion. The member is made using a thermoplastic elastomer containing an aromatic polymer with a poly-a-methylstyrene ...