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Hybrid 3D printing/machining center enables custom vehicle restoration project

3D-printed CF-filled molds made with new CMS Kreator system shorten production time, reduce costs for Bercella’s Restomod Maserati project.

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Ready or not, here come flying taxis and hydrogen

Composites are ripe for entry into a variety of markets, but advanced air mobility and hydrogen storage are poised to put unprecedented pressure on the supply chain.

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Composite-metal joining, braided preforms enable next-generation aircraft design

Collins Aerospace invests in new joining, preforming and infusion techniques to target aircraft design needs for reduced weight and lower-cost manufacture.

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Trends

CAMX 2021 exhibit preview

The composites industry is gearing up for CAMX 2021 in Dallas, Texas, the first in-person major trade event in more than two years.

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Pressure Vessels

Industrial-scale wave energy system enabled by mobile filament winding

Sweden-based CorPower Ocean designed its 9-meter-long, filament-wound GFRP buoy prototype for high-efficiency, durable wave energy generation and fast, on-site manufacture.

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CW AM supplement: Next-gen composites in additive manufacturing

Additive manufacturing continues to represent an exciting frontier for composites manufacturers. Take a look at CW’s AM supplement for a deep dive into new and expanding processes, technologies and materials for continuous fiber applications.

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Thermoplastics

Clean Sky 2 FRAMES project advances heating simulation of thermoplastic composite AFP with xenon flashlamp

Heraeus Noblelight and Compositadour develop heating simulation to optimize process temperatures during automated fiber placement of composite aerostructures.

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Aerospace

A new space race

In the past year, new technologies have increasingly aided the potential of space tourism. But the question remains: Does this accessibility reflect a viable business and will it and the associated use of composites get us closer to successfully returning to the moon and beyond?

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Using machine learning to accelerate composites processing simulation

A speed gain of 1,000 to 10,000 times greater than traditional FE models has been achieved using machine learning models, enabling near real-time simulation for large composite components.

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Fabrics/Preforms

Reactively polymerized resin expands organosheet market, opportunities

Johns Manville to introduce Neomera, a new family of thermoplastic composites.

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Aerospace

Out-of-autoclave VBO rear spar, thermoplastic ribs target Wing of Tomorrow

French Tier 1 aerospace supplier Daher develops out-of-autoclave materials and process technologies for application in next-gen structures for the Airbus Wing of Tomorrow program.

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Economics

Slowing industry expansion led by decline of new orders

A slowing July expansion is reflected by new orders, production and backlog readings, the latter of which experienced a 15-point decline, one of the largest single-month declines in recorded history.

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Composite raw materials