Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Carbon Fibers

HORYZN emergency UAV harnesses CFRP tooling from Voith Composites

Voith Composites collaborated with HORYZN, a student initiative that leverages CFRP tooling and composites know-how for its Mission Pulse UAV project.  

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Defense

Wickert commissions composite press for ballistic plate production

Wickert reports an increasing interest in complete presses used to produce composites-intensive armor for civilian and military vehicles, ships and aircraft.  

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Hyundai Motor, Supernal unveil eVTOL vehicle cabin concept

Concept details — such as CFRTP material incorporation, a biomimetic design and a focus on safety — provide a first look at how Hyundai integrate its mobility capabilities to develop commercial urban, regional air vehicles.  

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Aerospace

Airbus invests in clean hydrogen infrastructure investment fund

The largest in the world, Hy24’s investment fund is expected to provide financial capital to back large-scale green hydrogen infrastructure projects worldwide.  

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Molds/Tools

Fortify, polySpectra awarded $3 million by DOE to advance 3D-printed tooling

Fortify is to develop inexpensive, durable solutions for lightweighting automotive components using polymers, composites and metals, advancing vehicle part commercialization.  

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Hexagon Digital Wave’s proprietary MAE technology is approved for use in Canada

Modal acoustic emission (MAE) has been identified as the most effective method for use in pressure vessel service life requalification in firefighting applications.

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Adamant Composites, Levidian partner to develop graphene-enhanced composite materials

Specialist advanced materials knowledge will be used to develop fabrics, prepreg, resin, adhesives and coatings that address challenges faces in various industries like automotive, wind and aerospace.  

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Aerospace

Quickstep to manufacture Dronamics Black Swan cargo drones

The Australian aerospace composites business will supply engineering and manufacturing services to ramp up annual cargo drone production in the next four years.  

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Defense

2022 Farnborough International Air Show highlights

Farnborough, as usual, provided a platform for a variety of announcements in the aerospace, defense and advanced air mobility spaces from companies like GKN Aerospace, Joby, Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Boom Supersonic and others.

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Defense

Team Tempest combat air demonstrator set to fly

Plans have been confirmed for the development of the U.K. Tempest demonstrator, a project involving novel technologies R&D for next-gen skills, tools and processes, including composites.  

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Infusion

Blue Wind manufactures 1,000 nacelles in 28 months with one mold

Manufacturer combined speed and quality for composite wind turbine nacelles during the pandemic, producing 10 nacelles per week.  

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AFS introduces sustainable FRP construction solutions

LAST Stair, Railing, Plank and Structural Member product lines offer a variety of fire-retardant composite stair and decking applications.  

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