Heather Caliendo

Heather Caliendo Senior Editor

Sustainability

3D printing continues to mature

While traditional applications such as prototyping is still growing, it will be augmented with a variety of new applications.

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RTM

CAMX 2015: Automotive, military innovations and on-floor demos

ACMA’s and SAMPE’s second combined event featured plenty of new products and thought-provoking conference sessions for the composites industry.

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Infrastructure

UMaine professor's composite arch bridge earns White House honors

Habib Dagher, the primary inventor of the award-winning composite arch bridge system, will be recognized as a 2015 White House Transportation Champion of Change.

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Sustainability

Mars habitat concepts feature 3D-printed composites

NASA has announced the design competition finalists for its 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge.

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Aerospace

DARPA pursuing new composite material and process

DARPA’s Tailorable Feedstock and Forming (TFF) program is seeking a tailorable short-fiber composite feedstock that is stampable and moldable and yields aerospace-grade properties.

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Braiding

Record-breaking land speed bicycle built with composites

The use of carbon fiber with Scott Bader’s Crestapol 1250LV infusion resin inside and out of the ARION1 land speed bicycle was extensive to achieve the strength to weight ratio needed for this type of speed challenge vehicle.

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Carbon Fibers

Clemson developing composite vehicle front-door

The $5.81 million research project looks to reduce the door’s weight by 42.5 percent.

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Aerospace

Blue Origin to manufacture its orbital launch vehicle at Space Coast

Blue Origin’s American-made BE-4 engine – the power behind its orbital launch vehicle – will be acceptance tested at the facility.

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Automotive

Slideshow of SPE ACCE 2015

A look at the 15th edition of SPE’s Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE).

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RTM

Slideshow of SPE ACCE 2015

A look at the 15th edition of SPE’s Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE).

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Space

NASA’s first flight of Orion with crew may not launch until 2023

It was originally scheduled for 2021, however, after a rigorous technical and programmatic review, the agency announced a new commitment to be ready for a launch with astronauts no later than April 2023.

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Automation

SPE ACCE 2015 show report

Was this the year, finally, for the big break-through for automotive composites? Maybe, depending on to whom one talked or the presentation one heard.

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Composite raw materials