Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Trends

Arris Additive Molding production capacity to hit 1 million parts

Malaysian contract manufacturer partnership will significantly scale up the emerging composite technology’s production for mass-market products, industrial applications.  

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LIFT Aircraft completes first piloted eVTOL demonstrations in Japan

Nine flights were successfully conducted after receiving the green light from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau.  

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SABIC debuts EN45545 rail-compliant, fiber-reinforced compound

LNP Thermocomp AM DC0041XA51 offers the rail industry a solution that can be used for on-demand printing of large, complex exterior and interior parts in relatively small build numbers.  

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Sustainability

NASA awardees to develop sustainable aviation composite tech

Fourteen Advanced Composites Consortium organizations support the evaluation and development of next-gen thermosets, resin-infused composites and thermoplastics at small scales.  

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Thermoplastics

Toray achieves NADCAP accreditation for thermoplastic prepreg manufacture

Toray reported to be the first composites company to receive the Non-Metallic Materials Manufacturing – Thermoplastic Prepreg Manufacturing AC7124/6 certification.

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Machina Labs awarded contract for robotic composites manufacturing

The initiative, enabled by the U.S. Air Force, is designed to advance metal tooling for high-rate production of composites.  

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NCC launches KTP project with Carbon ThreeSixty

Two-year project will help Carbon ThreeSixty to develop more optimized, higher-performing composite components and structures using tailored fiber placement (TFP).  

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Inha University incorporates SwiftComp simulation software to virtually test composites

AnalySwift’s SwiftComp tool aims to mitigate the burden of costly experiments and enable accurate testing of woven and braided composite structures.  

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Cutting/Kitting

Aptco Technologies supports supply of Compcut cutting machines

The pan-European partner to Sharp & Tappin will actively promote, sell and support the composite cutting solution to meet rising demand across Europe.  

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Aerospace

Beta Technologies to produce, certify fixed-wing eCTOL 

The revealed eCTOL CX300 all-electric aircraft is being designed, tested and certified in parallel with eVTOL model Alia-250. Certification and delivery are targeted for 2025.  

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CW presents "CW Tech Days: Thermoplastics for large structures"

Attend this May 18th interactive webinar sponsored by Altair, Mitsubishi Chemical Group, Toray and Collins Aerospace which will explore the materials and processing technologies that are enabling the transition into thermoplastics.

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Space

NASA selects Firefly Aerospace for lunar surface payloads

Two agency payloads are targeted to launch in 2026 to a landing site on the far side of the moon to gain a better understanding of the early evolution of the universe.  

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