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News archive: Toray Advanced Composites

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1 February 2024 Maj. Gen. Tom O’Connor, Dennis Frett, Andrew Matthews and Gen. (Ret.) Paul Kern.

Toray starts production of T1100 carbon fibre at Decatur

The Decatur Plant has operation lines from precursor to carbon fibre and is one of three Toray manufacturing facilities alongside Tacoma, Washington, and Spartanburg, South Carolina.

3 August 2023 Toray Advanced Composites is to expand production capacity in Morgan Hill, California USA.

Toray plans composite material production expansion

Accelerated expansion at Morgan Hill will support thermoset and Cetex thermoplastic production, as well as increasing technology laboratory capability and capacity in preparation for the market demand for materials.

20 October 2022 Joe Morris, Director of DoD Programs from Toray Advanced Composites with Monica Rommel, CEO of Specialty Materials, meeting at the Specialty Materials facility in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Resin and fibre experts target future aerospace applications

The collaboration is intended to improve the supply chain by uniting Specialty's boron fibre with Toray's carbon fibres and resin systems including toughened epoxies, cyanate esters, bismaleimides and polyimides.

13 July 2022 Overair's Butterfly prototype with Toray T1100/3960 carbon fiber/epoxy prepreg. The prepreg provides high stiffness and strength for its airframe and propulsion units.

Overair commits to Toray prepreg system for Butterfly

Toray's prepreg system is formulated for high-performance aerospace applications where the optimal ratio of strength to modulus properties is critical. It allows for autoclave and out-of-autoclave curing.

9 December 2020 In a Joby Aviation composites lab an automated fibre placement (AFP) machine applies composite material used to fabricate aircraft parts.

Joby selects Toray composites for eVTOL project

Joby Aviation has spent more than a decade developing its aircraft and plans to bring it into commercial operation as early as 2023. The VTOL machine will be crafted from Toray carbon fibre composite materials.

9 September 2020 EconCore, Toray Advanced Composites and Bostik have developed a thermoplastic honeycomb core sandwich panel for use in aircraft interiors.

Thermoplastic honeycomb for interiors passes muster

The parts are less time-consuming to make, and more sustainable than the traditional thermoset materials used which are not recyclable. EconCore, Toray and Bostik combined to create the new material.