Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Filament Winding

CAMX 2021 exhibit preview: MF Tech

France-based MF Tech meets aerospace, automotive, sports and industrial application needs with its robotic filament winding solutions.

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Pressure Vessels

Siemens Gamesa to double size of offshore wind blade facility 

An additional 77,600 square meters will enable the manufacture of next-generation offshore wind turbine blades, with potential for added capacity.

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Thermoplastics

CAMX 2021 exhibit preview: Teubert

Teubert highlights its continuous compression molding (CCM) system for manufacturing fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites such as plates and profiles.

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Sustainability

PRF Composite Materials opens fourth manufacturing facility

The completed £6 million investment and expansion program increases the company’s R&D, capacity expansion and sustainability.

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Hydrogen Storage

Hexagon Purus announces new manufacturing facility for composite battery packs, hydrogen fuel storage systems

The Hexagon Group spin-off has broken ground on the 60,000-square-foot micro-factory, based in Kelowna, Canada, which is scheduled for 2022 completion.

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CAMX

CAMX 2021 exhibit preview: Reckless Industries

Tennessee-based Reckless Industries specializes in building patterns, plugs, masters and fiberglass molds for a variety of industries using its state-of-the-art equipment and decades of experience.

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Altair acquires structural analysis and design software, S-FRAME Software

The platform, capable of evaluating a composite, steel, concrete or mass timber structure’s ability to withstand external loads, strengthens and accelerates Altair’s architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) footprint.

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Aerospace

X-57 Maxwell concludes high-voltage testing

All-electric composite airplane successfully spins propellors under full, high-voltage power.

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CAMX

CAMX 2021 exhibit preview: Patcham

Patcham USA presents a range of specialty additives to augment the processability and properties of composite systems.

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Carbon Fibers

Gravitilab, National Composites Centre to design new composite structures for suborbital launch vehicles

Gravitilab team is investigating, designing and trialing a carbon fiber propellant tank for its fleet of suborbital launch vehicles.

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Aerospace

GE Aviation reaches advanced manufacturing milestone for CMC and AM jet engine components

This past July, two sites, Asheville, N.C., and Auburn, Ala., shipped their 100,000th CMC turbine shroud and 100,000th additively manufactured fuel nozzle tip respectively.

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Filament Winding

CAMX 2021 exhibit preview: McClean Anderson

McClean Anderson continues to innovate with the release of Ocelot, a filament winder machine control software that enhances input/output possibilities, external hardware integration and improves backup capabilities.

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