Ginger Gardiner

Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor

Automotive

Covestro uses Maezio thermoplastic composites for prototype future mobility interiors

Recently unveiled premium concept focuses on multifunctional design, comfort and lightweight. 

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Aerospace

Atlas Composites chooses Plataine industrial IoT solution to optimize manufacturing operations

U.K.-based parts manufacturer uses material and tool tracking solution to improve quality control, reduce waste and advance labor efficiency.

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Sustainability

Composites 4.0: digital assistants, edge computing and the future of smart factories

Plataine reviews developments and discusses where composites manufacturing is headed.

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Aerospace

Bombardier wins award for resin transfer infusion wing

The MacRobert Award 2019 recognizes reduction in parts, fasteners and weight using pioneering advanced composites technology.

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Ketones

First Toray LM-PAEK laminate for Clean Sky MECATESTERS project

KVE Composites Group and Rescoll cooperate in GKN Fokker-led project to develop micromechanical characterization of thermoplastic co-consolidated joints for aircraft fuselages

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Infrastructure

FiberCore and Canadian Mat Systems announce license agreement for FRP construction mats

Patented InfraCore composite technology will be used to develop new temporary foundation solution for Canadian and international customers.

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Automotive

Addcomposites' virtual demo on how to make an AFP composite laminate

Readers are walked through how to program and operate the AFP-XS plug and play system.

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Out of Autoclave

Vision Systems to produce composite structures for Clean Sky 2 RACER program

Multiple parts will be made by the company’s Fibertech composites unit, which produces helicopter composite window frames and aircraft window casings.

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Orbital Composites introduces Orb 1 industrial-grade robot 3D printer

Controlled by Orbital Composites’ proprietary Orb OS software, the operating system allows users to easily print end-use thermoplastic composite parts from CAD files.

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Glass Fibers

Automated joining of hybrid metal-thermoplastic composite structures

The FlexHyJoin production cell combines surface structuring, induction and laser joining and NDT for automotive mass production.

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Aerospace

Additive manufacturing reimagined: large-scale, fiber-reinforced thermoset printing

ORNL, MVP and Polynt-Reichhold launch world’s first commercially available, large-scale thermoset composite additive manufacturing machine and reactive print material.

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Aerospace

2-part epoxy for increased composite aerostructures production via RTM

Hexion meets demand for accurate mixing with in-line analytic control while improving processing window, fiber volume content and manufacturing efficiency.

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Composite raw materials