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A carbon-kevlar interior for Alieno‘s all-electric hypercar
Alieno unveiled the interior of its first debut model named Arcanum, an all-electric hypercar, which in its top version (RP5) has power of 5221 hp (3840 kW), 8880 Nm of torque, a top speed of over 488 km/h (303 mph) and a power-to-weight ratio of up to 2.64 hp/kg.
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Teijin Aramid announces its premium para-aramid is on the way to Mars in NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover
Teijin Aramid announces that, with the successful launch of NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover from Cape Canaveral in Florida, its Technora high-performance fiber is again enabling space exploration. The premium para-aramid Technora plays a critical role in the structure of the Rover’s landing parachute, developed by Airborne Systems and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory,…
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A platform to print carbon fiber reinforced nylon to replace metal parts
MakerBot, a specialist in 3D printing and subsidiary of Stratasys moves into the next level of 3D printing with the launch of the Method Carbon Fiber Editions, that are designed to enable engineers to print stronger and more accurate parts for manufacturing tools, jigs and fixtures, and end-use production, and…
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ProTec provided LFT pultrusion lines to a Chinese pellets producer
Systems supplier ProTec Polymer Processing succeed in Asia with its pultrusion lines for producing long fiber reinforced thermoplastic (LFT) compounds. Suzhou Sunway Polymer from the city of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province is one of the satisfied Chinese customers and is now producing pellets using its two ProTec LFT pultrusion lines.
Read More » A partnership to develop an innovative spacesuit layer provided with aramid
Together with several partners, the International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG) is taking on this challenge, aiming to develop a spacesuit layer with a damage-detection system. Teijin Aramid’s Twaron is proving an effective material for this prototype, thanks to its ballistic properties and conductivity.
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A fiber-reinforced asphalt paving product
Forta Corporation combines high-performance synthetic materials with unique designs and shapes, to offer the international construction market fiber reinforcement products that control cracking and add long-term durability to a wide variety of concrete and asphalt applications.
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Para aramidic textile used to prevent perforation of aluminium panel in construction
The aluminium-para aramidic textile conformation has been used in the new elevated parking lot above the existing Termini train station in Rome, covering a surface of almost 15.000 square meters.
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HOW IT'S MADE – Membrane sails
Discover how sails reinforced with fibres placed in the directions where the greatest forces are applied are made. Three different types of membrane sails are highlighted in this news: the D4, the DFi, and the DF panel.
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Peter ter Horst appointed CEO of Teijin Aramid
Teijin Aramid, a specialist in aramid high performance fibers with production locations in the Netherlands, Thailand and Japan, announces the appointment of Peter ter Horst as the company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) per April 1st, 2020. Ter Horst succeeds Gert Frederiks who will continue in an advisory role…
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PPSS Group launch a 19% reduced thickness high performance body armour
Made from Auxilam, a carbon fibre composite material, the latest body armour developed by PPSS will protect the wearer from even the most vicious and brutal types of edged weapon and shanks imaginable.
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