Owens Corning (Toledo, OH) has debuted a multi-end roving designed for epoxy sheet molding compound (SMC) systems in automotive applications. In combination with such systems, ME1510 glass ...

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 ...

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 ...