Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Velocity Composites gains £1.5 million investment boost

Velocity Composites is making key investments to grow its U.K. and North American presence as a manufacture of carbon fiber and ancillary material kits.

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CAMX

CAMX 2023 exhibit preview compilation, Part 2

Part 2 continues to showcase the materials, services, machinery, live demonstrations and other innovations presented by CAMX 2023 exhibitors.  

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SAMPE announces 2023 George Lubin Memorial Award recipient

Leonard Poveromo has been chosen for his technical contributions to composite material and process advancements.

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Solvay carbon footprint tool accelerates GHG reduction efforts

The digital tool will enable Solvay to quickly and accurately calculate the carbon footprints of its products and take action to reduce them, beginning with its Novecare sites and extending to other business areas.

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Defense

US Air Force selects Integris Composites ballistic body armor

Cratus Wave armor is thin, lightweight and reduces heat stress, providing buoyant personal protection for the 582nd Helicopter Group.

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Glass Fibers

Solvay launches Xencor XTreme for battery thermal runaway protection

Long glass fiber-reinforced PPA solution, produced with partially bio-based content, provides resistance to thermal runaway and propagation in EVs.

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Recycling

Toray reveals glass fiber-reinforced PPS recycling technology

Proprietary compounding process achieves recycled GFRP-PPS pellets offering comparable mechanical strength performance to virgin products.

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Composites 4.0

Machina Labs secures $32 million to advance AI manufacturing for metals, composites

Latest funds will accelerate research initiatives and meet growing customer demand.

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Wind/Energy

DOE funds project for 3D-printed wind blade tooling

Targeting U.S. wind energy, the program backs Purdue’s CMSC center and industry partners to develop the foundation for automated tooling manufacture, supporting new innovations in composite materials, other technology elements.

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Aerospace

Firefly Aerospace completes composite Blue Ghost lunar lander 

First of two lunar missions under NASA’s CLPS initiative will launch in 2024 and conduct diverse technology demonstrations and scientific investigations on the moon’s surface.

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IVW research to better determines fiber friction coefficient 

Highly variable system development contributes to the increasing precision and efficiency in the manufacture of filament-wound composite components.

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Aerospace

RTX joins Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project team

Selected by Boeing, RTX business units Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace will be supporting the X-66A aircraft dedicated to aviation decarbonization.

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