Ginger Gardiner

Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor

Sustainability

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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Defense

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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Aerospace

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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ATL/AFP

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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Epoxies

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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Molds/Tools

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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Automotive

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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Fabrics/Preforms

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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Carbon Fibers

Industrialized continuous fiber composite printing in Delft

CEAD offers large builds with speed, precision, low-cost extrusion and continuous fiber.

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Fusing waterjet, laser for efficiency in CFRP/CMC machining

Laser MicroJet technology offers high accuracy and speed without heat issues, burring or replacement of cutting tools.

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Composite raw materials
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