Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Trends

NIAR receives $10 million NASA funding for high-temp advanced materials

Specialized research program will develop, mature and implement composites and other novel materials for use in hypersonic vehicles.

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Natural Fibers

Toyoda Gosei develops seawater-derived fiber-reinforced material

Fiber reinforcement is formed from magnesium hydroxide derived from seawater, achieving plastic parts that contributed to improved environmental performance.

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Natural Fibers

BioStruct project to validate biocomposite-focused manufacturing processes

For the next 3 years, Ideko and European partners are working to develop and validate to TLR 7 novel processes to boost the use of natural fibers and biological resins.

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Anaglyph releases Laminate Tools version 5.2

Nesting, design, GUI and viewing features have been improved or added to the composites design software tool.

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Archer completes installation of high-volume battery pack manufacturing line

“Automotive-style” line has the capability of producing up to 15,000 battery packs — complete with composite enclosures and cylindrical cells — per year to keep up with eVTOL aircraft production goals.

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Aerospace

Manuela Marangio heads Leonardo Aerostructures Division at Grottaglie facility

Female mechanical engineer is responsible for Leonardo Aerostructures’ entire production engineering plant, dedicated to several major aeronautic programs.

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Aerospace

FACC records more than 24% revenue growth in Q1 2024

Workforce expansion, new contracts and diversified portfolios, supply chain stabilization and footprint expansion may lead to €810-850 million revenue for the 2024 financial year.

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Epoxies

JCB Aero aircraft interior flooring panels incorporate SHD composites

High-performance carbon fiber prepreg using SHD’s FRVC411 epoxy resin system resulted in a durable, compliant design for the MRO market.

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Fabrics/Preforms

Angeloni launches non-stitched multiaxial NCF fabric option

An adhesive grants the same stability of traditionally stitched composite fabrics, making Stratos suitable for use in a range of fibers and production processes.

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Trends

Luxfer Gas Cylinders awarded grant for 700-bar Type 4 tank development

Alberta Innovates initiative selected 20 applicants, including Luxfer, to advance hydrogen production, storage, transmission, distribution and use.

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Molds/Tools

TPI, UMaine, ORNL to leverage world’s largest polymer 3D printer for wind turbine tooling

Ingersoll Masterprint LFAM printer will be used to produce and demonstrate 100% recyclable tooling that could cut large composite blade development cycles and tooling costs by as much as 50%.

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Wind/Energy

Blade2Circ project to facilitate sustainable next-gen wind blade designs

Coordinated by the Aitiip Technology Centre, the EU-funded project will design components to facilitate improved recyclabilty, exploring the performance of bio-based material options and novel degradation processes.

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