This prototype battery enclosure tray built by CpK Interior Products Inc. aimed to demonstrate the company’s UniFORM process, which adds proprietary specialized tooling and vacuum assistance wet ...

Tokyo — Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. has long reserved costly carbon-fiber-reinforced components to such applications as the hood and roof of its low-volume, high-performance GT-R sports car. But thanks to a ...

Predominantly, if the metal part used in compression molding is tension or compression loaded, a ratio of metal part thickness to its extensional modulus, multiplied by the Bulk Molding Compound (BMC) ...

That composite laminates made from oriented plies of B-staged pre-impregnated unidirectional (UD) carbon fiber (prepregs) produce finished parts with the lowest mass, among the highest mechanical ...

The dinosaur of the plastics molding industry may just be receiving a proverbial shot in the arm for a rebirth in North America, according to a recent report. According to Peter Mooney of Plastics ...

Compression molding involves forming of complex shaped components by molding of a charge of fiber reinforced prepreg bulk molding compound (BMC) under heat and high pressures. Unidirectional fiber ...

The TMP Inc. division of French has designed a heavy-duty slab side automatic hydraulic vacuum press for cold pot transfer molding parts. David Sledz—vice president, Hydraulic Division at French—said ...