Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Hemco laminar flow clean enclosures meet critical clean requirements

Unitized, modular EnviroMax enclosures isolates laboratory application processes including compounding, high throughput screening, sample weighing, powder handling and more.

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People in Composites: January 2021

CW’s January people roundup covers new hires and appointees for Safran, Carbitex, Lilium, Boom Supersonic and KraussMaffei Group.

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Aerospace

Bye Aerospace begins production for eFlyer-2 all-composite fuselage

Composites Universal Group has been contracted to create the carbon fiber fuselage, advancing the all-electric eFlyer-2 toward FAA certification.

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Composites 4.0

Brown Machine BMG AR platform offers secure thermoforming data access

Web- and app-based platform supplies customized process data to improve efficiency, reduce downtime and interface with data securely.

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Automation

RAMPF TFP machine designs lightweight, cost-competitive complex composite parts

Eight-head Tailored Fiber Placement machine selectively places and orients composite filaments where strength or weight optimization is required. 

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SAMPE technical community platform will facilitate year-long collaboration

With the cancellation of the SAMPE 2021 in-person event, the virtual offering will focus on community engagement, live-stream and on-demand content, social networking and more.

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Marine

Norsepower installs tiltable composite rotor sails on Sea-Cargo RoRo

Installation of two 35-meter-tall rotor sails are estimated to reduce fuel consumption, fuel costs and emissions by as much as 25%.

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Marine

Farécla polishing and finishing compounds offer improved finishes and application ease

Norton|Saint-Gobain Abrasives’ Farécla line is designed to enhance shine on painted surface, gel coats and wood lacquers, and can be applied to finished composites.

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Marine

Sicomin-sponsored solo kayak crossing takes advantage of composites

Incorporation of Sicomin carbon fiber and PVC foam sandwich construction ensures an efficient kayak for extreme paddler Richard Kohler’s 6,700-kilometer journey across the South Atlantic.

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Carbon ThreeSixty, Leonardo, NCC all-composite helicopter wheel project takes off

The 18-month project will design, develop and manufacture 12 fully tested ultra-low mass, robust, proof-of-concept CFRP wheels for rotary wing aircraft.

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Aerospace

Boeing commits to deliver commercial airplanes ready to fly on 100% sustainable fuels

According to Boeing, the ambitious goal is considered the safest and most measurable solution to reduce aviation carbon emissions in the coming decade.

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Automotive

ThermHex honeycomb core insulates 2,000 camper van elevated roofs

Polypropylene honeycomb panels improve the camper vans’ fuel efficiency with 80% less weight, full functionality when wet and a stable foundation.

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