Tokyo — Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. has long reserved costly carbon-fiber-reinforced components to such applications as the hood and roof of its low-volume, high-performance GT-R sports car. But thanks to a ...

Predominantly, if the metal part used in compression molding is tension or compression loaded, a ratio of metal part thickness to its extensional modulus, multiplied by the Bulk Molding Compound (BMC) ...

TOKYO — Nissan has long reserved costly carbon-fiber components to such applications as the hood and roof of its low-volume, high-performance GT-R sports car. But thanks to a production breakthrough, ...

AZoM talks to DeWayne Howell and Jason Gabriel (Technical Engineering TenCate/CCS Composites), about the process of compression molding for composites and what the benefits and applications of this ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A unique, automated production platform developed by a French industry consortium – and utilizing an epoxy resin system from Hexion Inc. (“Hexion” or the “Company”) – ...

KraussMaffei Group reports that a South Korean automotive supplier, LG Hausys, is using KM's high-pressure resin transfer molding system (HP-RTM) to produce components made of carbon-fiber reinforced ...

Carbon fiber has been used in race cars and high-end road cars for decades, but the lightweight material is still considered too expensive for mainstream cars, though that may change soon. Nissan is ...

CLINTON, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--When a major aerospace OEM needed a thermally conductive, autoclavable resin to advance the performance of 3D-printed composite molds for compression molding, it ...

One-piece, one-cure. ESE’s E2 line of composite wheels uses tailored fiber placement (TFP) and a proprietary compression resin transfer molding (RTM) style process to produce a one-piece all carbon ...

From theory to practice, CIDETEC’s 3R vitrimer technology has been tested across some of the most demanding industries. From wind turbines to hydrogen tanks, from cars to aircraft and rail, ...