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Hybrid, large-format additive tooling: Lighter, faster, less costly molds for big parts
Additively manufactured cores, CFRP face skins produce large tools for prototype, low-volume aerostructure parts.
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Cloudy skies ahead for composites
In light of the uncertainty the composites industry faces, business travel, the supply chain and the inability to develop next-generation leaders are concerns to watch for leading into 2021.
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Composites activity expansion quickens in October
Seasonal shipping rush sends supplier delivery reading higher, marking the first time since mid-2019 that the Index reported two consecutive months of expanding business activity.
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Composites meet precision, weight goals for complex facade design
Brazilian fabricator Gatron manufactured 3,000 square meters of curved composite frames to support a 33-floor residential building.
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Next-generation aerospace mold release application
Chem-Trend reviews three application techniques and strategies for its Zyvax® 1070W aerospace mold release system.
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Italian student design team uses composites to improve automotive performance
Politecnico di Milano’s Formula SAE team worked with Exel Composites to transition to lighter, better-performing composite vehicle components.
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Q&A with Ethan Escowitz, CEO, Arris Composites
Ethan Escowitz visits with CW Talks to discuss Arris Composites’ Additive Molding process.
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Large-format additive manufacturing
Thermwood presents its Large Scale Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) system, designed to quickly fabricate large fiber-reinforced polymer structures for a variety of applications.
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The meaning of next-generation
When the past becomes the present and the present becomes the future, the future starts looking a lot like the past. Got that?
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Braided preforms meet phase-change tooling
A program from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory adopts automated braiding and phase-change tooling for a complex geometry unmanned aircraft part.
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Mandrel solutions for trapped & complex geometry composites
Smart Tooling explains how its shape memory polymer material can be used as a rigid layup mandrel, go through a cure process, elevated to elastic temperature, removed and reformed for re-use.
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Moving forward on the Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator (MFFD)
Clean Sky 2’s MFFD program continues to move toward its goal of delivering a welded, thermoplastic composite fuselage demonstrator using next-generation manufacturing processes.
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