In addition to its considerably higher cost-effectiveness, the process has the great advantage that as well as the high pressing forces that can be achieved, temperatures above 450° can also be ...

Economic lightweight construction is a major factor for the successful implementation of new automotive concepts in the 21st century. Fibre-reinforced plastics offer a particularly high potential for ...

Sacmi Imola S.C. of Imola, Italy, introduced a 24-station compression molding press that it said produces blemish-free plastic caps with diameters up to 70 millimeters. Typical wide-mouth caps are ...

For more than 15 years, Teubert (Blumberg, Germany) says it has been developing, designing and building machines for composites, including its continuous compression molding (CCM) system. Special ...

The hybrid-composite rear load floor uses unidirectional (UD) thermoplastic tapes plus direct-long-fiber thermoplastic (D-LFT) composites. Thermoplastic tapes provided high stiffness/strength in a ...

There are few applications in which materials quality is more important than in the production of polycarbonate ophthalmic lenses. The slightest variation from perfection can alter the prescription ...