Form-locking is already used in thermoset composites with ... “Because we are using high-performance thermoplastic matrix materials, we can achieve as much as 40% higher damage tolerance versus ...

The newly developed structural component with a complex rib structure was specifically designed for eVTOL aircraft, such as ...

Thermoplastic composites in aircraft structure have long been scrutinized, because this class of materials has the potential for fast forming, weldability, inherently superior fatigue performance and ...

Today, the US Patent Office published a patent application from Apple titled, “Thermoplastic Forming Metal Glass Textures from Glass Molds.” Metal Glass is one of the toughest forms of glass ...

With damage tolerance rivalling advanced engineering alloys and thermoplastic forming capabilities analogous to conventional plastics, metallic glasses are emerging as a modern engineering material.

Another new composite form is a sheet material in various thermoplastic matrix resins developed by Du Pont. Reinforcement is unidirectional but discontinuous glass, carbon, or aramid fibers.

Structures at the atomic scale can be replicated using bulk metallic glasses, or BMGs, which are metallic alloys, in a process called thermoplastic forming, or TPF, in which a sheet is heated and ...

In a proper thermoplastic application, the line is straight with a sharp edge and correct color, thickness, bonding and retroreflectivity. But thermoplastic pavement markings don't always go down ...

Contractors who employ thermoplastic and paint striping equipment are well aware of the main difference between the two operations - heat. Since thermoplastic is applied at temperatures in the ...