Jessica Pompili Editorial Assistant

CGTech rebrands to Vericut

CGTech unveils a new brand identity in reference to its flagship Vericut software used for composites, postprocessing and more, 

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Art Grand Prix, Roboze partner for advanced materials AM

Art Grand Prix has chosen Roboze’s industrial 3D printing technology with advanced polymers and composites to improve motorsport vehicle performance and efficiency. 

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Asahi Kasei launches cloud-based CAE platform for FRP deformation prediction

An on-demand mapping tool for anisotropic materials and polymer material fracture prediction model, i-Lupe, aims to help predict impact, crash behaviors.

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Carbon Fibers

Production-ready Dufour Aero2 drone undergoes hover flight

The composites-intensive VTOL platform is next expected to undergo a series of test flights in various conditions to validate its performance, safety and reliability, leading up to eventual certification.

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Composites 4.0

Plataine scheduler improves composites production efficiency for Multi-Ply Components

Multi-Ply is now able to cut planning time, optimize decisions for purchasing additional resources and automate short- and long-term planning of more than 10,000 tasks.

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Sustainability-driven composite materials, recycling solutions

CAMX 2024: The Teijin Group, comprising Teijin Carbon America, Renegade Materials and Teijin Aramid, are featuring sustainable composite solutions, processes suited for a circular economy. 

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Carbon Fibers

NCC receives funding to build Cygnet Texkimp-designed carbonization research lines

The National Composites Center is to build precursor and carbon fiber research lines to enable innovation in U.K. composites production.

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Aerospace

Federal grant awarded to ZeroAvia for electric propulsion system advancement

ZeroAvia has been awarded $4.2 million in U.S. federal funding to support its work in developing its electric propulsion system designed for 2-5 megawatt powertrain applications.

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Covestro invests in renovations, technical upgrades to U.S. HQ

Covestro LLC is investing $40 million in an array of modernization and technical upgrades to its Pittsburgh location, aiming to renovate its existing polyurethane R&D facilities and improve equipment and machinery.

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Recycling

Henry Royce Institute commissions Cygnet Texkimp DEECOM system

DEECOM unit will be available to the U.K. academic community and industrial partners for work in reclaiming and reusing composite fibers and resins.

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Aerospace

Velocity Composites receives Nadcap accreditation for U.S. facility

Followed by certain site recertification in July, global industry verification of Velocity’s Tallahassee site ensures compliance with aerospace standards. 

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DLR conducts aeroelastic vibration tests on Volocopter VoloCity

Analyzing structural resonance of the aircraft under various loads becomes a critical step in obtaining flight certification.

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Composite raw materials