SAE Transactions, Vol. 115, Section 5: JOURNAL OF MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING (2006), pp. 11-17 (7 pages) The paper describes a first-of-its-kind attempt of authors to develop an intake manifold - ...

For more than a half century, sheet-molding compound (SMC) has been a well understood and broadly applied composite technology, used in industries as diverse as automotive, rail, aviation, marine and ...

The LT-451 Dielectric Cure Monitor 1 from Lambient Technologies was used to observe the curing behavior of sheet molding compound (SMC). In general, bulk molding compound (BMC) is the same type of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Core Molding Technologies, Inc. (NYSE MKT:CMT), a leading North American compounder of custom sheet molding compound (SMC) and molder of fiberglass reinforced ...

Compression molding involves forming of complex shaped components by molding of a charge of fiber reinforced prepreg bulk molding compound (BMC) under heat and high pressures. Unidirectional fiber ...

Thermoset matrix systems dominate the composites industry because of their reactive nature and ease of impregnation. They begin in a monomeric or oligomeric state, characterized by very low viscosity.

Japan Composite Co. Ltd. (owned 65% by Mitsui Chemicals Inc. and 35% by Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd.) has agreed to acquire the sheet molding compound (SMC) and molding operations of DIC Kako Inc. The two ...

Thermoset molder and compounder Mar-Bal Inc. has expanded its product mix into sheet molding compound (SMC). SMC materials sold by Chagrin Falls, Ohio-based Mar-Bal will be sold through the firm's ...

The new composites are designed as alternatives to thermoset sheet molding compounds (SMCs). Offering similar mechanical performance, they are much more ductile and, as thermoplastic systems, much ...