August 2024 Issue

August

August 2024

Digital Edition
Active core molding: A new way to make composite parts
Cover Story

Active core molding: A new way to make composite parts

Koridion expandable material is combined with induction-heated molds to make high-quality, complex-shaped parts in minutes with 40% less material and 90% less energy, unlocking new possibilities in design and production.

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Features

Featured articles from the August 2024 issue of CompositesWorld

Carbon fiber, bionic design achieve peak performance in race-ready production vehicle
Carbon Fibers

Carbon fiber, bionic design achieve peak performance in race-ready production vehicle

Porsche worked with Action Composites to design and manufacture an innovative carbon fiber safety cage option to lightweight one of its series race vehicles, built in a one-shot compression molding process.

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Composites industry activity continued to contract faster in June
Economics

Composites industry activity continued to contract faster in June

Composites Fabricating’s second month of contraction, also reflected in other industry segments, suggests larger factors are at play.  

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Getting ready for CAMX 2024
CAMX

Getting ready for CAMX 2024

The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo’s 10th anniversary trade show and conference will be held in San Diego from Sept. 9-12, 2024.

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Guidance for the thermoforming process
Core

Guidance for the thermoforming process

A briefing on some of the common foam core material types, forming methods and tooling requirements.

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Laser-excited acoustics provide contact-free, nondestructive composites inspection
Work In Progress

Laser-excited acoustics provide contact-free, nondestructive composites inspection

Xarion’s couplant-free NDT technology uses laser physics and a membrane-free optical microphone, eliminating the requirement for fluid coupling, widening the scope for NDT technology.

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Optimized rib-reinforced hollow composites via printed molds
Molds/Tools

Optimized rib-reinforced hollow composites via printed molds

Addyx topology optimization and water-soluble mandrel enables simultaneous rib and skin layup for one-shot, high-strength, lightweight structures.

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Photothermal tomography for locating, quantifying defects in composites

Photothermal tomography for locating, quantifying defects in composites

Years of infrared testing development result in thermography technology that is no longer just qualitative, but can define defect size and depth, making additional UT scans obsolete.

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Post Cure: CFRP landing leg supports reusable launcher capabilities
Space

Post Cure: CFRP landing leg supports reusable launcher capabilities

MT Aerospace AG, as part of the EU’s Horizon Europe project SALTO, has successfully developed a 7-meter-long carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) landing leg demonstrator using advanced automated fiber placement and 3D printing technologies.

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Revisiting the OceanGate Titan disaster
Carbon Fibers

Revisiting the OceanGate Titan disaster

A year has passed since the tragic loss of the Titan submersible that claimed the lives of five people. What lessons have been learned from the disaster?

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Airtech International
Airtech International Inc.
Airtech International Inc.
Airtech International Inc.