Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Filament Winding

Roth Composites Machinery delivers customized filament winding system

Three-spindle system for the manufacture of hydrogen tanks boasts a flexible impregnation station and enhanced automation with a 40% increase in performance.

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Loop Energy supplies hydrogen fuel cell module to power Slovakian composite transit bus 

Loop Energy’s proprietary solutions will deliver power and enable a smaller fuel storage system without compromising the weight or range of the eight-meter transit bus.

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Marine

Fine Hulls brings bold boat design with Diab sandwich composites

The pleasure yacht is entirely made from Diab’s Divinycell foam sandwich core using a vacuum infusion process for excellent stiffness, strength and light weight.

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Axel Plastics Research Laboratories celebrates 80th anniversary milestone

Connecticut-based manufacturer reflects on its growth from an NYC R&D company to an internationally-recognized supplier of mold release and process aid additives for composites.

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Automotive

Optimization approach helps design lighter carbon fiber composites

Approach developed by Tokyo University of Science for manufacturing carbon fibers with optimized orientation and thickness achieves more than a 5% weight reduction in fiber-reinforced materials.

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Trends

NCC research supports new composite gripper solution for wind turbine installation

Compared to current steel clamping structures, which aid in turbine installation, the feasibility study established that composite grippers could cut cost points, installation time and reduce overall environmental impact.

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Automation

Light & Strong deploys Plataine Shelf-Life Manager for optimized, automated inventory management

AI-based software fully digitizes composite material monitoring in real-time from factory to freezer, and analyzes opportunities to use material remnants for reduced waste.

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Jaguar Land Rover to develop hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle prototype

Based off the new Land Rover Defender, the FCEV concept will be a zero tailpipe emissions prototype, with testing scheduled for late 2021.

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CW Top Shops

Registration opens for inaugural Top Shops Expo

Free exhibit hall and discounted educational passes available for new industrial manufacturing tradeshow, technical conference and sourcing fair.

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Automation

Fill ACCUBOT spurs GKN Aerospace composite aircraft parts inspection

Flexible and precise multimodal robot system conducts quicker inspection processes, reducing GKN’s geometrical inspections from 11 hours to half an hour.

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CFM RISE program targets composites, additive manufacturing and hybrid electric

GE Aviation, Safran program targets more than 20% lower emissions, 100% compatibility with sustainable and hydrogen fuels, with a technology roadmap detailing CMC, composite fan blades and more.  

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Carbon Fibers

Teijin Ltd. joins Spirit AeroSystem Aerospace Innovation Centre

Teijin expects to collaborate with Spirit and other AIC members to enhance innovative technology capabilities, including composites, in the aerospace industry.

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