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Volcanic Ideas from Amer Yachts and GS4C
Amer Yachts is heading for a new challenge, betting on the innovative mineral fiber FILAVA® for the next generation of Superyachts to make them sustainable and recyclable, Cradle to Cradle. To address the fiberglass End of Life recycling issue, Amer Yachts choose to abandon Glass fiber and adopt instead the…
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Basalt fiber in laminated composites: from theory to practice
In the context of modern requirements to structural materials, laminated composites attract much attention from professionals working in almost all industries. Laminates have a sandwich structure with separate layers bound in a monolith by a matrix material.
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KraussMaffei presented fully automated wetmolding system
The wetmolding system was used to produce a basalt-fiber test sheet for the Competence Forum. According to the developers of a fully automated system KraussMaffei Reaction Process Machinery, the cycle time can be halved and process reliability increased compared with manual solutions.
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Basalt fiber: from volcanic vent to modern composites
Basalt fiber is filling increasingly more application niches owing to its properties while forcing out sometimes less strong glass fiber,sometimes more expensive carbon fiber.
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Basalt fiber yacht is at the starting line of around the world trip over both poles (video)
Norbert Sedlacek will entrust his life to a basalt fiber yacht, which he will use for a single hand sailing over 5 oceans and both poles.
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Sustainability is not an impediment to quality: Niche snowboards receive awards (+ video)
Awarded in two nominations, Niche Theme and Niche Story boards are developed in partnership with Austria-based the Mothership, which is positioned as the most environmentally friendly snowboard manufacturer, and made from alternative construction materials, including basalt fiber.
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JEC World 2018: basalt debuts and not just that
Paris saw another huge composite event: the 53rd JEC World 2018 which featured basalt composites and fiber in a broader range than the last year’s show.
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Robot able to print basalt fiber became finalist in the James Dyson Award 2017
Robotic arm Atropos able to 3D print basalt fiber as well as other continuous fibers has got into top three international James Dyson Award runners up.
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Enriched basalt fiber based yacht shortlisted for JEC Innovation Award
GS4C srl, with its project of enriched basalt fiber based eco-yacht is among the 30 finalists of the most prestigious award in the composites world.
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Recyclable sail racing boat LOOP650 to be launched soon
The first sustainable sail racing boat LOOP650 will be lunched soon and GS4C claims the readiness for industrial scale up. The prototype of LOOP650 is made in aerospace grade basalt fiber Filava and skins are layers of enriched basalt fiber UD fabric.
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