Jeff Sloan

Jeff Sloan Brand Vice President, CompositesWorld & Plastics Technology

Leveraging large-format AM fuels aerospace flexibility

Ascent Aerospace is known for producing high-quality metallic molds and tools for large aerostructures. Investment in large-format AM has expanded the company’s capabilities.

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Editorial

Composites manufacturing is additive manufacturing

As the additive manufacturing space continues to expand, it might be the technology that catapults composites fabrication itself.

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Large-format, vertical, robotized, fiber-reinforced AM

MTorres joins the large-format AM fray with a system that prints vertically in lengths up to 25 meters.

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Trends

MVP large-format system prints thermoset resins

Magnum Venus Products’ Reactive Additive Manufacturing (RAM) system is a large-format AM machine that prints with fiber-reinforced thermoset resins.

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Challenges, opportunities when designing for fiber-reinforced AM

Bridging the gap between as-designed and as-made, and where do you put the fiber?

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Carbon Fibers

9T Labs assesses AM for medical, aerospace applications

9T Labs conducts two studies to assess the viability of its Red Series additive manufacturing system to manufacture a carbon fiber/PEKK aerospace hinge and a surgical tool.

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Thermoplastics

Orbital continues to progress toward commercialization

Orbital Composites is pursuing a variety of collaborative projects to apply its Orbital S robotic additive manufacturing system.

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Carbon Fibers

Cincinnati’s BAAM proves utility of recycled materials in AM

Cincinnati Inc. modified the extruder of its Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) system to be able to process virgin carbon fiber/ABS and recycled carbon fiber/ABS.

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Markforged next-generation fiber-reinforced 3D printer

Markforged will debut its newest continuous fiber-capable 3D printer, the FX20, at Formnext in November 2021.

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Editorial

175 composites editorials and counting

This is my 175th CW editorial. That’s 104,322 words. I created a word cloud to celebrate.

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CW Today email service updated

CompositesWorld is beginning the process of migrating CW Today delivery to a new e-mail service provider. Check your spam folder.

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Pressure Vessels

Axiom prepregs target pressure vessels

Axiom Materials has launched two new narrow prepreg products developed for use in pressure vessels to store compressed natural gas (CNG) and hydrogen for e-mobility applications.

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