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Measuring energy use to enable sustainable composites production
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorldAirbus subsidiary CTC uses new technology to measure energy use in machine components and processes to optimize equipment, production lines and guide decisions for future composites.
U.K. academics head up flat fiber sensor research for composites
Grace Nehls | CompositesWorldSix universities are in charge of developing flat fiber sensors, which will then be applied with industry partners, to determine their impact in monitoring composites manufacturing and more.
Next-gen composites manufacturing: Combining material, machine and mold cavity data with analytics
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorldUsing a sensor, an edge device and machine learning software, sensXPERT sees into processes and is improving quality and cutting scrap, cycle time and energy use for composites customers like ZF and Carbon Revolution.
HBK enhances sensor offerings with MicroStrain acquisition
Grace Nehls | CompositesWorldMicroStrain designs and manufactures high-precision inertial and wireless sensing systems that cater to industries such as automation, mobility and unmanned vehicles.
In-mold sensor elicits real-time mold conditions, final part data
Grace Nehls | CompositesWorldCAMX 2023: Netzsch is exhibiting the sensXPERT Digital Mold, an integrated equipment-as-a-service solution that provides manufacturers with insight and process transparency into their operations.
University of Southampton develops miniaturized optical fiber condition monitoring technology
Grace Nehls | CompositesWorldA more compact, affordable strain interrogator, currently developed for FBG monitoring, may enable more widespread adoption of optical fiber sensing used in composite materials.
TemperChip machining temperature sensor for composites
Katie Leesemann | Gardner Business MediaPatented device provides real-time machining data to monitor and accurately predict tool life, opening up the horizons to measure a variety of parameters between cutting tool and material.
Measuring ply-wise deformation during consolidation using embedded sensors
Strip-type shape sensor method claims real-time measurement of ply-wise deformation.
UD researchers advance TuFF composite's viability for aerospace
Grace Nehls | CompositesWorldThe University of Delaware’s research team continues to mature the short fiber composite’s cost competitiveness with metal through sensor embedding, virtual modeling and TuFF thermoset manufacture.
INFINITE consortium tackles wireless sensor integration for life-long aircraft monitoring
Grace Nehls | CompositesWorldEngineers from University of Sheffield AMRC will support the embedding of highly specific sensors into composite aerospace structures for MHM and SHM and recylability opportunities.
sensXPERT Digital Mold earns 2022 AVK Innovation Award
Grace Nehls | CompositesWorldData-driven sensor technology optimizes and increases composites manufacturing efficiencies in real time, achieved through collaborative network.
Patent-pending Purdue process embeds sensor particles, functionalizes 3D-printed structures
Grace Nehls | CompositesWorldPurdue University researchers have developed a novel wet-mixing method to add sensor particles to 3D printer filaments, which will enable manufacturers to create functional printed parts.
CarboScreen project to develop multimodal, sensor-based monitoring of carbon fiber production process
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorldJanuary 2023 CarboScreen project seeks to improve carbon fiber yield, reduce cost and improve properties.
IMDEA Materials Institute helps create intelligent sensors for aviation composites
Grace Nehls | CompositesWorldAs a part of the European Union’s DOMMINIO project, IMDEA Materials Institute is helping to create embedded smart sensors via 3D printing to provide real-time updates on aircraft during flight.
Synthesites, Purdue CMSC advances real-time cure monitoring
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorldPartners are developing cure simulation using data from dielectric sensors to monitor infusion and autoclave composite structures in real time.
Glass-coated magnetic microwires for nondestructive composites monitoring
Glass-coated, amorphous microwires combine nanometer to micrometer diameters, enabling embedding into composites without degrading mechanical properties.
Twenco develops sensors for smart molds and process control in resin infusion and composites welding
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorldNon-invasive DEA and NDT Analyzer for multi-parameter monitoring, QA and control, including real time simulation feed and 3D process visualization across and through composite parts.
University of Sheffield researchers to drive structural health monitoring in U.K. infrastructure
Grace Nehls | CompositesWorldThe £7.7 million program, ROSEHIPS, anticipates exploitation of machine learning, sensing and digital twin technology for automated health monitoring in infrastructure, such as bridges, telecoms masts and wind turbines.
RUAG rebrands as Beyond Gravity, boosts CFRP satellite dispenser capacity
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorldNEW smart factory in Linköping will double production and use sensors, data analytics for real-time quality control — CW talks with Holger Wentscher, Beyond Gravity’s head of launcher programs.
SuCoHS project: Advancing composite solutions for parts with high thermal and mechanical loads
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorldNew materials, structural concepts and manufacturing using sensors for composites that resist fire, temperature and loads while providing weight and cost savings versus metals.