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  NAWAH, the global leader in vertically aligned #carbonnanotube ( #VACNT ) materials for composites, today inaugurated its first North American manufacturing facility in Englewood, Ohio. The $10 million, 38,000 sq. ft. site — built in close partnership with JobsOhio, the Dayton Development Coalition, and the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) — went from site selection to productionready in less than 12 months, among the fastest greenfield builds of its kind in Ohio's advanced-manufacturing corridor. The Dayton facility positions #NAWAH at the epicenter of American aerospace, defense, and advanced industry — and establishes a strategic Franco-American industrial alliance in a class of materials critical to next-generation #sportsequipment , #aviation , #aerospace , and #mobility applications. A FRANCO-AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL ALLIANCE NAWAH's Dayton plant illustrates a new model of transatlantic industrial cooperation: French deep-tech innovation — born from pioneeri...

Every phase of movement, from ground impact through to push-off, generates complex stresses that require structural materials capable of delivering consistent performance. Among the most advanced solutions, glass-fibre reinforced engineering thermoplastics stand out for their excellent balance between structural support, mechanical reliability and creep resistance, contributing to enhanced stability and control during athletic performance. Characterized by the ability to achieve customized finishes and colorations, Xenia glass-fibre reinforced compounds redefine the concept of performance, enabling the development of technical, durable and aesthetically refined components for winter sports applications such as alpine and Nordic skiing, as well as running and cycling. XEGLASS is the range of thermoplastic composites based on long-chain polyamides highly reinforced with glass fibre (up to 65%), developed for applications requiring high stiffness, impact resistance, and reliability. Compa...

#Toray Composite Materials America, Inc. announces the launch of #3960FC , a fast-cure variant of the high-performance, highly toughened 3960 prepreg system. Engineered for mission-critical aerospace and #defense applications, this #fastcure system reduces cure time by up to 45% while maintaining the proven mechanical performance of the 3960 system. As the aerospace industry enters a new era of large-scale production, driven by exceptionally high production rates for next-gen single-aisle commercial aircraft programs, advanced air mobility platforms, and new mission-critical, mass-produced defense systems, manufacturers require advanced composite materials that deliver both mechanical performance and processing efficiency. 3960-FC was developed to help OEMs and their supply chains meet these increasing build-rate requirements. “Increased pressure is being placed on material suppliers to provide a structural material solution with production rates now higher than what manufacturers h...

Today 's KNOWLEDGE Share :  Marie Curie, née Skłodowska-The Nobel prize in 1911 Marie  Today's KNOWLEDGE Share Marie Curie, née Skłodowska-The Nobel prize in 1911 Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist who became the first woman to win a Nobel prize. Along with her husband Pierre, she discovered two elements: polonium and radium. She also carried out pioneering research into radioactivity. Born Maria Skłodowska in Warsaw on 7 November 1867, Marie moved to Paris in 1891 to study physics, chemistry and maths at the University of Paris, where she earned two degrees, supporting herself through her studies by tutoring in the evenings. There she met Pierre Curie, who worked at the university, and they married in 1895. The couple set up a joint laboratory in a basement, building their own equipment for their experiments. At the time no one knew about the effects of radioactivity on the body, so they handled the elements they used in their research without any of the pre...

  Top 15 material used in Injection molding - at a glance source : Brijesh Dubey #Injectionmolding #Polymers

  🔍 𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐒 (𝐑𝐂𝐀) 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞. 𝐅𝐢𝐱 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 🚀 Many organizations fix symptoms. High-performing organizations eliminate the root cause. 💡 🎯 What is Root Cause Analysis (RCA)? RCA is a systematic problem-solving methodology used to identify the true cause of a problem and eliminate it to prevent recurrence. 🛠️ RCA Process 1️⃣ Define the problem 📝 2️⃣ Collect relevant data 📊 3️⃣ Identify possible causes 🔍 4️⃣ Determine the root cause 🎯 5️⃣ Implement corrective actions ✅ 6️⃣ Verify effectiveness & monitor results 📈 🧰 Common RCA Tools 🔹 5 Whys Analysis 🔹 Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram 🐟 🔹 Pareto Chart (80/20) 📉 🔹 Flow Chart 🔹 Scatter Diagram 🔹 Check Sheet 💡 Example – 5 Whys ❌ Problem: Part is out of specification. ➡️ Why? Tool worn out. ➡️ Why? Tool life exceeded. ➡️ Why? Tool wasn't changed on time. ➡️ Why? No monitoring system. ➡️ Why? No standard procedure. 🎯 Roo...

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐋𝐄𝐃𝐆𝐄 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬. 📈 Yield strength. Elongation. Tensile strength. Break point. But inside the specimen, something far more interesting is happening. As load increases, the material undergoes a sequence of structural events: 🔹 Molecular alignment 🔹 Stress redistribution 🔹 Void formation 🔹 Interface debonding 🔹Crack initiation 🔹 Fracture propagation The stress–strain curve is simply a reflection of these microscopic changes. The curve does not create the behavior. The structure does. This is why two materials with similar tensile strength can fail in completely different ways. To truly understand a tensile test, we must look beyond the graph and into the material itself. Because every point on the curve corresponds to a real event occurring inside the structure. source : Peyman Ezzati #PolymerEngineering #TensileTesting ...