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CAMX 2024 Show Daily: Tuesday, Sept. 10

As a CAMX media partner, CW develops three show dailies throughout the week that report on interesting exhibitors and their technologies, events not to miss and more. Whether you’re attending the show, or watching from afar, make sure to tune in to these digital editions!

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Application

CFRP planing head: 50% less mass, 1.5 times faster rotation

Novel, modular design minimizes weight for high-precision cutting tools with faster production speeds.  

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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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CAMX

CAMX 2024 exhibit preview compilation, Part 2

CAMX 2024 is right around the corner. Make sure to check out Part 2 of this two-part series highlighting some of the exhibitors you can expect to see in San Diego.

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Editorial

Celebrating 10 years of CAMX

In the years since its establishment, CAMX has a lot to offer industry, merging industry segments and trends with a variety of networking and educational opportunities to provide a comprehensive platform that everyone can benefit from.

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Automation

AES explores robot vs. gantry for large-format additive manufacturing

Additive Engineering Solutions, specialist at 3D printing very large parts and tools on gantry machines, now also uses a robot for large-format AM. Here is how the robot compares.

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Mass Transit

Composites reinvent transportation

Celebrating National Composites Week, CW shares ways in which composites continue to evolve mass transit.

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Infusion

Low-cost, efficient CFRP anisogrid lattice structures

CIRA uses patented parallel winding, dry fiber, silicone tooling and resin infusion to cut labor for lightweight, heavily loaded space applications.

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Hydrogen Storage

Composites reinvent energy

Celebrating National Composites Week 2024, CW looks at how composites are being used to provide the next generation of energy.

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Sustainability

Airbus works to improve the life cycle of composites in future aircraft

This companion article to CW's September 2024 Airbus Illescas plant tour discusses recycling, LCA, biocomposites, Fast Track technologies, qualification and more.

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Plant Tours

Plant tour: Airbus, Illescas, Spain

Airbus’ Illescas facility, featuring highly automated composites processes for the A350 lower wing cover and one-piece Section 19 fuselage barrels, works toward production ramp-ups and next-generation aircraft.

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Construction

Composites reinvent infrastructure

Celebrating National Composites Week, CW shares ways in which composites continue to evolve the way we approach infrastructure projects.

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Composite raw materials