Ginger Gardiner

Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor

Nanomaterials

Nanomaterial types and definitions

Nanomaterials range in size, material, characteristics and usage in composites manufacturing. Provided here are types and definitions of those currently available.

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Nanomaterials

Nanomaterials: Products, supply chain mature for next-gen composites

Development spans 3D and thermoplastic nanocomposites, nano-CMCs for hypersonics and nanomaterials safety and toxicity.

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Automotive

Volvo's autonomous Vera transport vehicle uses composites

Cabless, fully electric development vehicle heralds future for short-distance autonomous transport.

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Aerospace

Premium AEROTEC displays thermoplastic CFRP pressure bulkhead

Demonstrator at Paris Air Show advances resistance welding toward serial manufacturing of composite fuselage shells for next-generation aircraft.

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Infrastructure

AMRC, Tinsley Bridge develop metal-composite anti-roll bar for trucks and trains

Innovate UK project achieved 65% weight reduction via CFRP stabilizer bar and now tests for service performance and durability.

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Triumph Aerospace Structures to design eVTOL airframe for Jaunt Air Mobility

World’s third largest aerostructures supplier will help develop a lightweight design for Uber’s latest partner per its reduced rotor operating speed aircraft (ROSA) technology.

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Defense

Airbus Albatross features flapping wings made from composites

Airbus demonstrates first in-flight, flapping wing-tips that could revolutionize aircraft wing and wing box design.

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Defense

Advancing multifunctional composite wings and fuselage structures

Flexible printed circuits and the Advanced Concepts for Aero‑Structures with Integrated Antennas and Sensors (ACASIAS) consortium.

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Carbon Fibers

HP-RTM for serial production of cost-effective CFRP aerostructures

Merging automotive process and tooling with aerospace quality to meet increasing production rates.

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Curing

Plant Tour: STELIA Aerospace, Méaulte, France

Supplier of Airbus fuselage sections pushes boundaries of hybrid aerostructures production, assembly and thermoplastic composites.

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Braiding

WMG prototypes CFRP frame for Very Light Rail (VLR) demonstration vehicle

Braided thermoplastic composite frame enables lightweight, recyclability and high-volume manufacturing.

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Aerospace

DARPA presents TFF program for low-cost composites for defense

Results reviewed at SAMPE 2019 show new materials and side-by-side comparisons of thermoset, thermoplastic, HP-RTM and press-forming, including PtFS molding cell.

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Composite raw materials