Ginger Gardiner

Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor

Aerospace

How the CMC process works

GE Aviation releases video walking through their complete process chain for ceramic matrix composites.

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FACC to produce SMC interiors for A320

Airbus supplier invests in highly automated production line for new Airspace cabin entrance area using sheet molding compound

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Automotive

Molding in fasteners to CFRP parts

Placed into the mold prior to RTM, compression or injection molding/overmolding, this specially-shaped fastener enables composites to be fastened with standard methods used for metal parts.

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RTM

Plant tour: Elbit Systems Ltd., Haifa, Israel

Military and commercial tier supplier Elbit Cyclone maintains precision and quality as it continues growth in composites, complex assemblies and high-rate production.

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Aerospace

Plant tour: Israel Aerospace Industries, Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is developing increasing expertise both in and out of the autoclave as it expands an already broad composites production portfolio.

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Aerospace

High-performance composites in Israel

Four major manufacturers — diverse, yet with shared commitment — showcase global aerocomposites industry capacity and this region’s potential for future growth.

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Weaving

Generative design and continuous 3D fiber deposition

Generative design replicates nature’s evolutionary approach by combining artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing to provide thousands of solutions to one engineering problem.

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Glass Fibers

Composites Pavilion at AIA 2018

New composite products for architecture/construction and student designs innovate how composites can be used.

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Weaving

EconCore licenses Fynotej for NA automotive applications and advances into high-performance thermoplastics (HPT)

Branded Fynocore, these panels have a PP honeycomb core with skins – thermally bonded in-line – in either solid PP sheet or including a non-woven surface finish.

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Aerospace

UAC and COMAC approved the general layout of CR929 next new wide-body aircraft

UAC and COMAC have agreed to the aircraft’s principal geometry and will next move on to the stage of full-scale joint development of the aircraft design and systems.

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Automotive

Magna forms JV with BJEV to engineer and build electric vehicles in China

The engineering and manufacturing joint ventures are expected to take over an existing BAIC manufacturing facility in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, where the first production vehicles are planned for 2020.

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Automotive

Teijin breaks ground for carbon fiber facility in South Carolina

TENAX manufacturing to start second half of 2020, targeting aerospace and automotive industries.

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Composite raw materials