Glass fiber was the first reinforcement used in modern polymeric composites but springs from an ancient art. Here, glass fiber ends are wound side-by-side onto warp beams (large rolls or cylinders) ...

Radici InNova’s patented process uses selective dissolution technology to treat mixed textile waste and recover both its ...

Polymers are known to have excellent chemical resistance, strength, and elasticity. However, these very properties can hinder their chemical analysis. Therefore, the quality control techniques used ...

Before and after: DEECOM recycling process. U.K.-based Longworth originally developed its pressurized steam-based DEECOM process for cleaning polymers from metal. Now, the process has been shown to ...

Scientists at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology have devised a carbon fiber fabrication process that they say is considerably quicker and easier than the conventional method.

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a production method they estimate will reduce the cost of carbon fiber as much as 50 percent and the energy ...

Spinnova’s technology for creating fiber from cellulose is a 2019 World Changing Ideas Award Winner. It could stop the bad environmental effects of cotton production. Your future T-shirts might be ...

LIVONIA, MICH. (Dec. 21, 10:50 a.m. ET) — At the Plastics in Lightweight Vehicles conference, Plasan Carbon Composites Inc.'s chief technology officer, Gary Lownsdale, gave more details about a new ...

A global processing company identifies plant optimization applications with advanced process control software and finds immediate return on investment. Recent global consumer economic numbers show ...