Large-scale PAN precursor unwinding creel enhances line efficiency through longer continuous run cycles higher tow count ...

Fiber handling and converting technology specialist Cygnet Texkimp (Northwich, U.K.) has unveiled its next-gen production-scale prepreg tape slitting machine installed at its UK Innovation Centre. The ...

The fibre handling and converting technology specialist is making its Direct Melt Impregnation Thermoplastic Composite Line available to help companies develop new materials and material combinations ...

The technology has been developed to slit and wind continuous thermoset UD (unidirectional) carbon fibre prepreg into tapes, although it is compatible with many other materials. It is expected to ...

Composites technology company Cygnet Texkimp [Northwich, UK] has delivered a four-axis filament winding machine to the National Composites Centre [NCC, Bristol, UK] where it will form part of a new ...

NCC has chosen Cheshire as the initial location of its open-access Carbon Fibre Development Facility, which aims to support the UK's strategic growth sectors. The national innovation asset will be ...

The company behind a group of specialist engineering businesses headquartered in Cheshire has increased sales despite coming up against a difficult trading environment. Cygnet Group is behind Cygnet ...

CHESHIRE manufacturer Cygnet Texkimp is investing £1m to expand its machinery and materials research centre. The investment, a third of which came from the Textiles Growth Programme, will also create ...

Cygnet Texkimp has developed a 3D winding technology for the automotive and aerospace lightweighting market; the company’s managing director, Luke Vardy, explains why the 3D winding machine could be a ...

Cygnet Texkimp has been awarded a £200k grant to develop machinery to manufacture lighter, stronger materials and parts for the international aerospace market. The grant is part of a government-led ...

Engineering group Cygnet has revealed plans to build a £6m factory and company headquarters which it says will create one of the largest manufacturing sites in the north west. The new base will be ...