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BASF 3D Printing Solutions  has announced that they will provide innovative additive manufacturing materials to Paxis LLC for their new WAV™ technology. This is currently in development and is designed to meet the needs of additive manufacturing users, advanced manufacturing as well as traditional manufacturing markets.  The WAV™ (Wave Applied Voxel) process was created with the end-user firmly in mind in an effort to solve trapped volume issues of current liquid resin-based technologies. Extending AM Application Possibilities "The combination of BASF materials and Paxis’s system will revolutionize the way end-applications are designed, manufactured and integrated into production", states Arnaud Guedou, Business Director Photopolymer Solutions, BASF 3D Printing Solutions.  "With the new WAV™ technology, Paxis extends the application possibilities of  additive manufacturing  to a much broader scope than current technologies allow. What’s more, equipment and pro

Group of scientists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania have created biodegradable plastic , which decays in a compost bin in a couple of years. Bioplastic created at KTU is transparent and all the materials in its composition are suitable for contact with food. Globally, the amount of plastic produced in a year is roughly the same as the entire weight of humanity. Only 9 percent of it is recycled, and the rest is slowly degrading in the landfills. The plastic disintegration process takes from several hundred to a thousand of years; during the time plastic is disintegrating into microplastic particles, which get into the ground waters and from them – into our food and environment. It is estimated that by 2050 in our oceans there will be more plastic than fish. War with plastic waste is among the priorities of the current generation. The European Parliament has approved a law banning a wide-range of single-use plastic items, such as straws, cotton buds

Alaka’i Technologies unveiled Skai, the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered air mobility solution designed to transform the way the world moves. From its sleek, uncluttered design, radically simple and safe electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle, to its fuel source - a system that runs entirely on hydrogen fuel cells - Skai is poised to be one of the safest, cleanest and most versatile air mobility solutions introduced to the world. Skai’s core team members are nationally-recognized aerospace experts, engineers, and veteran pilots who have served in top-level positions at NASA, Raytheon, Beech, Cirrus, DayJet, and the Department of Defense who collaborated on the vision of solving some of the world’s most-pressing global challenges across transportation, energy and the environment. Skai is co-designed by Designworks, the design innovation studio for the BMW Group, to leverage its creative expertise to help shape a world-class vehicle. The result is

evian® unveils its latest innovation – evian® (re)new – a stunning in home water appliance which provides consumers with the unique purity of evian® natural mineral water at home from the source with a significant reduction in plastic packaging. A 5L evian® “bubble” - Reduction in Plastic Packaging Reinventing the way evian® natural mineral water is delivered directly to consumers, the collapsible 5L ‘bubble’ surrounding the water incorporates new generation design thinking leveraging the physics of materials: the thin and light ‘bubble’ of evian® water is 100%recyclable and made of a 100% recycled plastic ( rPET ) skin that contracts when the natural mineral water is consumed, taking on a new shape after each use. It uses 66% less plastic than a 1.5L evian® bottle1. Sleek In-home evian® Water Appliance The introduction of the sleek in-home evian® water appliance is the latest move from evian® in its journey to become a circular brand by 2025 and will bu

OrganoClick has, by using its innovative fiber modification technology and production process, developed a 100 %bio-based, recyclable and fully  biodegradable biocomposite material , OrganoComp®. The biocomposite is made of 3D-moulded biofibers, wheat bran, and food waste. 3D-molded Biocomposite Made of Wheat Bran and Biofibers Fredahl Rydéns, the Nordics largest supplier of funeral products launches the burial coffin Saga made of OrganoComp®. The strength of the biocomposite enables a 50 %reduction of raw material, reducing the weight from 40 to 20 kg compared with a traditional coffin. Replace Hard Plastics The launch of the burial coffin Saga marks the next step in a journey that started 10 years ago when the development of OrganoComp® was initiated. By using OrganoClick’s patented technology for modification of biofibers, a unique biocomposite has been developed, based on modified cellulose fibers, wheat bran, and biopolymers from food waste such as orange peels and shri

Teijin Limited  has announced that it will participate in Chinaplas 2019, Asia's largest exhibition for the plastics and rubber industries, which will be held at the China Import & Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou, China from May 21 to 24. Advanced Technologies & Materials for Automotives Teijin, marking its 20th appearance at the event, will operate a booth (No. 11.2K41) to introduce solutions for  automotive parts  and components that combine its advanced technologies and materials. The booth will also present Teijin's high-performance materials for multi-material parts that contribute to weight reduction and improved performance in automobiles. In addition, seminars to introduce advanced resin-processing technologies and solutions for automotive components will be held again this year, following last year' favorable reception. Specific Exhibits from Teijin TENAX® carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (CFRTP) Teijin will showcase carbon fiber pr

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has selected MultiMechanics, a developer of multiscale modeling and simulation software for advanced materials, to perform advanced crack prediction during the manufacturing of ceramic matrix composite (CMC) components. The simulation group at DLR’s Institute of Structures and Design in Stuttgart has begun to model the process of pyrolysis, an intermediate step in production of ceramic matrix composites. Within this process, carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) are heated to temperatures up to 1,600 degrees Celsius and then cooled down. The team wants to understand how temperature change would affect the material’s microstructure and consequently the material behavior. This analysis is crucial for future CMC components produced by DLR, including nozzles for rockets and thermal protection systems for re-entry vehicles amongst other applications. Neraj Jain, Group Leader in Simulation and Engineering at the Department of Cerami