Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Pressure Vessels

RewAir chooses Plataine to optimize wind turbine blade production lines

Plataine’s AI-based solution provides flexible optimization of primary production lines while reducing operational costs and carbon footprint.  

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Carbon Fibers

Cygnet Texkimp, Longworth and NCC earn Composites UK 2022 Industry award

“Innovation in Materials” award recognizes successful continuous fiber reclamation and reuse for a composite hydrogen tank.  

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Archer Aviation selects site in Georgia to build eVTOL manufacturing facility

Archer plans to initially build out a 350,000-square-foot facility capable of producing up to 650 aircraft/year, with room to expand up to 2,300 aircraft/year.  

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Markforged Simulation software features virtual testing capability

Virtual testing validates the strength of advanced composite parts and automatically optimizes print parameters to help lower cost and speed production.  

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Pressure Vessels

Re-Wind Network publishes second edition of repurposed wind blade design catalog

The fall/autumn 2022 Design Catalog presents designs and details of structures and products made from end-of-life repurposed wind turbine blades, with a new section on marine structures.  

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Oerlikon Balzers DLC coating extends life, performance of sliding ceramic, metallic and polymer components

A thin, hard diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating, ta-C, decreases the coefficient of friction (COF) of components to nearly zero, while increasing wear resistance.  

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Future Materials Group publishes market update report for advanced materials sector

Half-year review examines the advanced material sector’s response to macroeconomic headwinds, supply chain challenges and geopolitical concerns.  

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ASTM proposes standard related to bolted joint properties

Composites material standard will support bolted joint testing, consolidate test specimen design content.  

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Biomaterials

Bio-Sep propels sustainable composites development via forestry-produced biochemicals

Joint industry project with iCAST, NCC and University of Bath to produce and test bio-based composites from cellulose and lignin sawdust, replace fossil-derived ingredients.  

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RTM

Ulster University, Synthesites advance intelligent cure monitoring

Research collaboration to enable active control and optimization for RTM process for composite structures manufacture.  

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Sustainability

Composites UK announces 2022 industry award winners

Industry trade association reveals the winners and runner-ups offering composites innovations in materials, manufacture, design, sustainability and more.  

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Aerospace

FACC records significant revenue increase in Q3 2022

Revenue of €419.6 million is driven by increased demand for new and low-emissions aircraft and acquired space- and UAM-related projects.  

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