Ginger Gardiner

Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor

Infusion

IIAMS wing box road map to certification

Airbus DS uses Clean Sky demonstrators as part of broad strategy to ready next-gen aircraft technology for flight.

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Wind/Energy

HP-RTM as a means to reduce hydrogen tank packaging space and cost

BBG Gmbh & Co. KG has developed molds for producers of type IV CFRP tanks, integrating automation and sensors for faster, cheaper production of adjustable-length hydrogen storage cylinders.

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Development of dry fiber preforms and other technologies for Smart Rotors

Airborne, KVE Composites, RHIA, Royal NLR and TU Delft partner in EU project for ultra-efficient propeller/rotor blades in hybrid and electric aircraft, UAM and drones.

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Carbon Fibers

New name for Fraunhofer lightweight construction cross-sector R&D, focus on multifunction and digitization

Research results from 2020 show breadth of applications and novel composites technologies for next-gen mobility.

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Wind/Energy

Baker Hughes expands non-metallic products with new composite flexible pipe for onshore pipelines

New, 400,000-square-foot facility in Houston will increase composite pipe capacity by 3-4X for applications in multiple markets, part of strategic investment in non-metallics growth.

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Aerospace

Composites and 3D printing could boost Europe's SAT manufacturing capabilities for the 2030s

Clean Sky 2 SAT-AM project targets 4-hour, door-to-door mobility and reduced manufacturing, maintenance costs for 4-19 passenger, Small Air Transport.

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ATL/AFP

Effman installs AFP-XS as part of project to enable AFP for SMEs

uCOMP project with Addcomposites and Quebec partners demonstrates new woven tape and high-permeability preforms for resin infusion in <2 minutes.

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Clean Sky 2 SHERLOC project advances SHM for composites

New video shows goals, framework, sensors and tests for more affordable, smart composite fuselage

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Wind/Energy

Hydrogen theme day of Composites United e.V. is a big success

The European network’s “Hydrogen Storage — Opportunities for Fiber Composites” on Jan. 19, 2021 experienced more than 350 registrations.

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RTM

Novel dry tape for liquid molded composites

MTorres seeks to enable next-gen aircraft and open new markets for composites with low-cost, high-permeability tapes and versatile, high-speed production lines.

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Ketones

Manufacturing the upper half of the Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator (MFFD)

Proving industrial reliability for low-cost thermoplastic composites production using AFP in-situ consolidation, as well as continuous ultrasonic and resistance welding.

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ZeroAvia secures additional funding to accelerate hydrogen-powered aviation

Amazon, Shell add to $21.4 million in venture funding plus U.K. government $16.3 million grant for HyFlyer II project to deliver 19-seat H2 aircraft by 2023.

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