Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Trends

CW calls for speakers at Carbon Fiber 2024

Share your carbon fiber expertise in Charleston, South Carolina, at this annual conference put on by CompositesWorld and Gardner Business Media.

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AOC, Büfa Composites expands partnership network to Sweden

Composites and resins portfolios are now available to the Scandinavian market through Büfa Composites Nordics Oy.

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CompPair, SHD form partnership to advance healable composites to market

Collaborative commitment extends to impregnation services, joint product development and commercial endeavors, laying the foundation for sustainable composite solutions.

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Carbon Fibers

WAG Wernli to produce composite brackets for Dufour Aero2 drone

The Swiss company was chosen for its C-SMC expertise, which will replace original aluminum brackets to enhance weight savings, corrosion resistance and adhesive bonding capabilities.

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JEC

Automation, winding equipment meet evolving composite needs

JEC World 2024: Engineering Technology Corp. is exhibiting offerings ranging from high-speed filament winding equipment to integrated robotic solutions, in addition to new standard line of tape wrappers.

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JEC

Laser projection systems provide flexible measurement qualities

JEC World 2024: SL-Laser highlights the ProDirector 7 and ProCollector measuring systems, in addition to sharing presentations on other relevant programs available to industry.  

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UTComp releases FRP equipment assessment guidebook

Free online resource outlines the background and key concepts about FRP and the damage mechanisms that affect reliability.

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Induction heating platen achieves dynamic temperature management

JEC World 2024: Roctool is introducing the R-IDS, a patented heated platen that aims to make mass production more accessible for composites manufacturing.

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Aerospace

Firefly Aerospace doubles Texas facilities to support composite rockets

Company grows test stands, further implements AFP and seven-axis robotic powermill machinery to produce rockets up to nine times faster at 1/7th of the cost.

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SMC BMC Design Award 2024 winners showcase projects at JEC World

Awards ceremony to be held on March 6th will recognize the top three selected SMC and BMC designs submitted by European design students and young design professionals.

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Aerospace

Leonardo advances sustainable aerospace innovation testing

Wingtips and morphing winglets integrated into a C-27J flying test bed, and a full-scale composite fuselage, are undergoing testing for Clean Sky 2 programs.

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Carbon Fibers

Hyundai Ioniq 5 N NPX1 vehicle debuts carbon fiber hybrid wheel

Twenty-one-inch, ~10-kilogram hybrid wheel, developed by Dymag in partnership with Hankuk Carbon, is part of an intensive development program by Hyundai.

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