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Trends

Advance your carbon fiber knowledge at Carbon Fiber 2023 in Utah

The education event, produced by Gardner Business Media and CompositesWorld, returns to Salt Lake City, Utah this November, to keep attendees at the forefront of composites technology.

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Hydrogen Storage

AZL initiates hydrogen pressure vessel joint partner project

The AZL team is actively seeking composites industry partners for new technology study and concept development project, “Trends and Design Factors for Hydrogen Pressure Vessels,” set to begin in October 2023.

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Sustainability

Bioabsorbable and degradable glass fibers, compostable composite parts

ABM Composite offers sustainable options and up to a 60% reduction in carbon footprint for glass fiber-reinforced composites.

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Carbon Fibers

Rock West Composites completes composites-intensive EOI Space telescope structure

Delivery of mirror mountings and stress-free module support meets LEO constellation optical payload requirements within six-month design, analysis and fabrication schedule.

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Aeris Energy establishes US wind turbine services division

Under Aeris Service, the Latin American wind blade manufacturer provides North American customers with various preventative and corrective maintenance services, taking advantage of increased turbine capacity.

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Trends

Russia exits from Comac CR929 program, MS-21 experiences delays

Reports confirm Russia’s step away from the CR929 widebody aircraft and impending delays in MS-21 deliveries, long-term consequences from Western-imposed sanctions. 

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Aerospace

Daher CARAC TP project advances thermoplastic composites certification approach

New tests, analysis enable databases, models, design guidelines and methodologies, combining materials science with production processes to predict and optimize part performance at temperatures above Tg (≈150-180°C) for wing and engine structures.

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New AMRC facility, Boeing program boosts aerocomposites innovation

An £80 million investment contributes to a novel R&D facility in South Yorkshire, U.K., with Boeing as its first major research partner, to support and de-risk new composites and digital technologies and processes for the production of future aerospace components.

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Carbon Fibers

Toray to increase carbon fiber tow capacity by more than 20%

Capital investments to Spartanburg, S.C., and Gumi, Korea facilities, in response to market demand, will increase annual capability to 35,000 metrics tons beginning in 2025.

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Paris Air Show 2023 highlights

The Paris Air Show, one of the largest aerospace trade shows in the world, returned for the first time since 2019 and proved that the global aviation industry industry is very much alive and kicking.

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