The direct, or inline-compounding (ILC), process has been a major boon to thermoplastic composites during the past decade. Direct processing has driven significant growth in the use of such materials ...

However, for a statement on the properties of the final component, the local material properties, such as resin/matrix composition, pore content, fibre content, distribution and orientation, are ...

Marelli Ride Dynamics used its SMC digital twin to design this suspension knuckle, which saves 25% mass versus aluminum and won the 2020 Enlighten Award. It is manufactured on the same 1,500-ton SMC ...

Menzolit, a market leader in sheet and bulk moulding compounds (SMC and BMC) and Bac2, the polymer materials company, have concluded a 15-month development partnership. The result is a new phenolic ...