The Fabheli collaborative project, funded by the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) and supported by Loiretech together with its partners Mecafrance and Naval Group, aimed to develop and produce, on an industrial scale, a propeller with a reduced environmental footprint and lower energy...
Post-life carbon fiber is viewed as such a valuable commodity nowadays that companies are reportedly going around hunting for 30-year-old aircraft parts.
The polypropylene supplier commits to add 80,000 tonnes/year in Kallo, Belgium, by mid-2020, while also studying the feasibility of a new 250,000–300,000-plant to be built by mid-2022.
The automated system reduces waste, rework and recalls when poorly prepared substrate surfaces lead to bonding, coating, sealing, painting or printing failure.
