Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

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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Trends

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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Defense

Infinite Composites signs $1.6 million US Army contract for H2 tanks

Development of conformable composite fuel tanks for hydrogen storage backs military applications including aircraft, ground support and marine.

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Toray expands eco-friendly PBT resin offerings

New grades include low-warpage and hydrolysis-resistant glass fiber-reinforced grades, with post-consumer chemical- and material-recycled versions in development.

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Carbon Fibers

Toray boosts European carbon fiber production capacity

Toray Carbon Fibers Europe S.A. facility in France will increase to an annual production of 6,000 metric tons of medium and high modulus carbon fiber tows.

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Trends

Solvay becomes Beta Technologies material supplier for AAM

Beta Technologies’ electric CTOL and VTOL aircraft will use lightweight composite materials to enable zero-emission passenger and cargo air transit.

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Marine

Airbus to install fuel-saving sails for maritime operations

The bound4blue eSail, currently built in part from composites, will further decarbonize Airbus’ transportation of A320 subassemblies from Europe to the U.S.

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Construction

Prismatic tiles by Planefibra improve natural light

Glass fiber-reinforced polymer tiles for civil structure applications increase lighting efficiency by 30%, are more cost-efficient than polycarbonate tiles.

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Forvia begins Type IV hydrogen tank rollout from mass production plant

From tank manufacturing to complete storage systems, the automotive technology company cites a mid-term capacity of 100,000 tanks per year.

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Curing

Abaris selects Premier ESR to optimize composite cure cycles

Encapsulated sample rheometer (ESR) by Alpha Technologies will be incorporated into Abaris’ service and consultation business to characterize a variety of composite material specimens.

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