Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

The Native Lab adds two online live sessions to self-paced Composite Materials course

The course, taught by Managing Composites COO, Eneko Angulo, will have two online live sessions taking place in September 2022 for students and professionals interested in learning more about composite materials, processes and design  

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Teijin, Envision Racing extend multi-year partnership

The Teijin Group will continue to explore and develop high-performance materials and products for the team’s all-electric race cars to raise awareness of its environmental commitments.  

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Sustainability

Fairmat to recycle 30% of industry’s carbon fiber waste in Europe one year after inception

Fairmat’s success originates from numerous customers and partnerships, and is expected to expand through personnel recruitment to Northern Europe, German and Spanish markets.  

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Sustainability

Igus Inc. rolls out urban bicycle made entirely from recycled plastic

Lightweight plastics from landfills are used in all parts of the bicycle for a maintenance-free, corrosion-resistant platform, with first functioning model planned for end of 2022.  

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SAMPE North America seeks active volunteers for technical committees

The global professional member society encourages SAMPE members and non-members who are interested in actively engaging, sharing expertise and networking to develop advanced technological solutions.  

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Axiom partners with NIAR ATLAS for oxide-oxide CMC research

Partnership breaks cost and process scalability barriers through the development of oxide-oxide CMC prepreg using AFP technology.  

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Re-Wind Network constructs experimental pedestrian bridge using wind turbine blades

The 6-meter footbridge has been constructed using wind turbine blades as bridge girders after extensive materials and mechanical testing, with the intention of load testing it to failure.  

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Swancor, Siemens Gamesa collaborate on advancing recyclable wind blade technologies

Through Swancor’s recyclable thermosetting resin technologies, the recyclable resin and composites can be reused, assisting Siemens Gamesa in moving towards its goal of providing fully recyclable wind turbines in Taiwan.  

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Overair Butterfly eVTOL to incorporate Toray carbon fiber, resin system

The Butterfly is expected to take flight in densely populated cities in 2023, complete with Toray’s T1100/3960 prepreg system used in the airframe structure and propulsion units.  

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Aerospace

Virgin Galactic selects Boeing subsidiary, Aurora, to build new motherships

Agreement with Aurora Flight Sciences to deliver two composite mothership vehicles, each designed to fly up to 200 launches per year, expected to enter service in 2025.  

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Dynamic PRC racing team uses 3D printing to create DP13 autonomous race car

The new vehicle prototype uses fiber-reinforced 3D printing material formulated by the RadiciGroup to maximize mechanical and aesthetic performance.  

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Velocity Composites retains Nadcap certification

Velocity retains its certification as a kitting service provider for the aerospace industry for another 18 months, adding to its clean audit history over the last five years.  

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