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 ...

Since PEI is a custom builder of moulding systems, none of these systems are exactly the same and they can be used to form a variety of thermoplastics ... build an automated forming system to mould ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...