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composite material exhibits higher shear properties,
with a 10% improvement in open-hole compression tests
and up to 30% better modulus, along with signifcantly
better impact and fatigue performance, compared to
non-nano-enhanced prepreg. CW senior editor Ginger
Gardiner has detailed N12's developmental activities
online | short.compositesworld.com/nanomacro
A real eye-opener was speaker Truman Bonds'
announcement of RMX Technologies's (Knoxville, TN,
US) collaboration with C.A. Litzler Co. Inc. (Cleveland,
OH, US) and acrylic fber producer Dralon GmbH
(Lingen, Germany), which has resulted in a plasma
oxidation oven that reportedly can oxidize polyacrylo-
nitrile (PAN) precursor fber three times faster, yet uses
75% less energy than, current gas- or electric-powered
oxidation ovens. "Plasma is a proven technology with
multiple precursors," says Bonds, "and we can show that
it reduces the manufacturing cost of carbon fber by
20%." The technology is reportedly highly scalable, and
Litzler is gearing up to ofer ovens to potential custom-
ers. Further, the plasma oven is one-third the length
of conventional oxidation ovens, which could enable
smaller fber-production facility size.
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