Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Automation

Aerones unveils modular robot for Level 1-3 wind turbine maintenance, repair

Resilient, full-service system can perform a variety of tasks five times faster and more safely than human technicians, while proactively addressing extreme erosion progression.  

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Adhesives

Scott Bader, Oxeco partner for high-performance bonding solution

Joint technology breaks barriers to bonding lightweight flexible solar panels to roofing structures made from aluminum, coated steel and composites.  

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Thermoplastics

NCAMP qualifies Victrex LMPAEK thermoplastic material system

Novel Victrex AE 250-AS4 UD tape has been approved for publication in the NCAMP allowables database for use in aerospace programs.  

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Sustainability

Velocity Composites US facility is granted AS9100, AS9120 accreditation

New Alabama facility will build and supply all composite material kits for Velocity aerospace programs, aid customers with their sustainability and efficiency objectives.  

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Defense

Milliken & Co. partners with MMI Textiles to offer Tegris thermoplastic

The commercial market partnership enables easier access to the Tegris thermoplastic composite fabric for defense customers in the quantities that they require.  

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Aerospace

Qarbon Aerospace successfully completes icing tunnel test for Helios system

Patented Helios Ice Protection technology uses an embedded heated graphite layer to heat composite structures significantly faster than legacy systems.  

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Bonding

PlasmaBound raises funding to accelerate bonding technology adaptation

Irish Startup earned €3.1 million in 2022 to brings its controlled polymer ablation (CPA) technology for composite materials to mass-market applications.  

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BYK expands additive production capacity with Shanghai facility

The Shanghai-integrated site, designed for an annual capacity of 4,750 tons, is the next step in BYK’s global productions strategy in the near and long term.  

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The Native Lab launches composites course training membership plan

Courses that touch on the fundamentals of composite materials, design, analysis and more are available for individuals and companies alike through TNL’s online platform.  

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Aerospace

Stratolaunch completes second TA-0 captive carry flight

The ongoing flight test program continues on target towards separation test and the first hypersonic flight of TA-1 within the first half of 2023.  

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Aerospace

ZeroAvia successfully flies hydrogen-electric Dornier 228 testbed aircraft

The 19-seat twin-engine aircraft took to the skies for the first time as part of the HyFlyer II project, moving ZeroAvia toward its 2025 targets and scaling the technology to larger airframes.  

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Automation

Siemens, Deloitte demonstrate Industry 4.0 innovation at The Smart Factory @ Wichita

New dedicated space enables companies to experience the future of smart manufacturing and the power of digitalization using the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio.  

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