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SABIC Launches 75% PCR-Based CFRP Compound
11+ hour, 32+ min ago (883+ words) SNAPSHOT: Three-year R&D collaboration led by H'RMANN Vehicle Engineering has demonstrated a pultrusion-SMC bonding method that eliminates separate joining hardware and reduces weight by 20% versus conventional steel construction. SNAPSHOT: AI-driven, in-line inspection system successfully validates the quality of complex…...
POSSIBLE project finds success in mechanical recycling of rigid PU, GFRP
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1052+ words) Deal to equip trucking company with sleeper truck systems featuring Type 4 tanks promises up to 50% fuel savings and 90% NOx reduction. Eve Air Mobility has completed the first flight of its uncrewed full-scale e VTOL prototype and secured $150 million in financing…...
Multilayer TPC achieves electrically conductive, gas-impermeable fuel cells at 100 microns
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (1185+ words) Significantly enhanced six-passenger aircraft design built on the successes of the VX4 prototype and supported by companies like Syensqo and Aciturri. Line producing carbon fiber, composite tanks for CNG and H2 and other high-value products will build up'the Middle East's energy, mobility…...
Toray'r CF nonwoven fabrics demonstrate'CFRP recycling tech
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (833+ words) Australian/New Zealand team makes significant step forward in the transition to zero-emission aviation. The German Aerospace Center Institute for Lightweight Systems exhibits 1. 9-meter autoclave infusion composite structure as part of LUFO Up Lift project aiming for LH2 as part of…...
Illinois researchers'derive useful polymer matrix'upcycling through electrolysis strategy
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (871+ words) Japan Airlines and Sumitomo joint venture intend to deploy Midnight as the core part of its fleet of air taxi services available in Osaka. Korean AAM company Vonaer will purchase a total of 20 e VTOL aircraft, ramping up Plana's'certification, capital…...
Carbon fiber boosts dry-processed battery performance
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (951+ words) Following successful piloting of X15 N engine natural gas trucks, this new fleet of 60 day cab and sleeper trucks will benefit from Hexagon's CNG systems with Type 4 tanks. Certification testing of Hartzell's'five-bladed composite propeller was conducted exclusively on Beta Technologies'electric propulsion…...
ORGANIC project to 3 D print bio-inspired structures with bio-based materials
11+ mon, 1+ day ago (1038+ words) Funding will scale the Swedish startup's polymer-graphene hydrogen storage lining, made for Type 4 tanks and pipelines, with plans to deploy in commercial vehicles by 2027. The two-day October 2025 event in France'provides a crossroads for companies, startups, labs and research centers to…...