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National Composites Week: Improving Lives

As we celebrate National Composites Week, here are just a few of the many ways the composites industry is working to improve our lives.

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Sustainability

National Composites Week: Sustainability

As we celebrate National Composites Week, here are just a few of the many ways the composites industry is working toward a sustainable world.

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Automotive

Composites Index contracts on a surprise 5-point decline

Steep contraction in both production and new orders pulled the Composites Fabricating Index to 47.4 for July 2019.

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Space

The impact of Apollo 11

On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, columnist Dale Brosius reflects on the past and future of advanced composites use in spacecraft.

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Carbon Fibers

Increasing access to AFP

Addcomposites is democratizing composites manufacturing by leasing a low-cost toolhead that turns any robot into an automated fiber placement machine.

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Sustainability

From carbon fiber skateboard maker to contract manufacturer

Elevated Materials makes its mission to deliver reclaimed high-quality aerospace carbon fiber to a variety of industries.

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Sustainability

A new definition of composites?

Nucleation and control of crystallinity plus aspect ratio creates new plastic and ceramic composites with tailored performance.

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Braiding

Celebrate National Composites Week, August 26-30

2019 marks the inaugural year for National Composites Week, which celebrates the ways in which composites enable innovations in a wide range of industries.

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Aerospace

ICON Aircraft produces 100th A5 sports aircraft

The carbon fiber composite fuselage and structures were produced at ICON’s 300,000-square-foot production facility in Tijuana, Mexico.

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Aerospace

Thermwood’s vertical layer printing turns AM on its side

Vertical Layer Printing (VLP) 3D prints layers perpendicular to the floor, extending Z height to the length of the print bed — as long as 40 feet.

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Podcast: CW Talks interviews Ryan Olliges and Jaysen Harris of Elevated Materials

In this episode of CWTalks, CW senior editor Scott Francis interviews Ryan Olliges & Jaysen Harris of Elevated Materials, a start-up working to deliver high-quality reclaimed aerospace carbon fiber to industries that haven’t considered using the material due to cost.

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Trends

Episode 27: Ryan Olliges & Jaysen Harris, Elevated Materials

Elevated Materials’ CEO Ryan Olliges and CTO Jaysen Harris discuss the company’s mission and unique approach to keeping carbon fiber out of the landfill.

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