Scott Francis

Scott Francis Editor-In-Chief

Aerospace

Bye eFlyer 2 flight test data supports electric propulsion claims

Bye Aerospace estimates its eFlyer will eliminate 3 million metric tons of CO2 every year otherwise produced to train the needed new airline pilots.

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Aerospace

Spacesuits for the next generation

NASA has unveiled two new spacesuit designs that will be used for the Artemis program moon missions.

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Space

Blue Origin to team up with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper on lunar lander

Proposed lunar landing system to be considered for NASA’s Artemis program, which seeks to return humans to the moon by 2024.

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Automotive

Shape Machining unveils carbon fiber suspension links

The company has designed, manufactured and successfully tested a carbon fiber suspension link for a high-end automotive OEM.

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Glass Fibers

Keeping things moving with FRP

Two recent projects using fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bridge decking material from Composite Advantage (Dayton, Ohio, U.S.) demonstrate the increasing role of composites in infrastructure.

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Out of Autoclave

On the road with CompositesWorld

CW Senior Editor Scott Francis offers a recap of recent composites industries events including CAMX 2019 and SPE ACCE 2019. 

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Carbon Fibers

Dymag to increase carbon fiber wheel production

Dymag plans to increase its production capacity to drive down the costs of wheels and structural composite components. 

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Weaving

COBRA composites enable security robot

COBRA to deliver a set of eight composite parts that form the lightweight body shell cladding of a 1.35-meter high patrol robot.

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Trends

NASA all-electric experimental aircraft to begin ground testing

NASA’s X-57 Maxwell has been delivered to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in its Mod II configuration and will soon undergo extensive ground testing of its integrated electric propulsion system.

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Automotive

Scott Bader's urethane acrylate resins enable Corvette Stingray bumper beam

The company’s Crestapol resins were used for the automotive industry’s first curved, multi-hollow pultruded carbon fiber bumper beam.

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Adhesives

Henkel to collaborate with Carbon Revolution on composite wheels

Henkel and Carbon Revolution join forces to speed OEM automotive one-piece carbon fiber wheels development. 

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Weaving

Product Roundup: September 2019

CW’s roundup of new products for the composites industry – the past month has seen innovations from Airtech, Ashland, CoreTech, Johns Manville, Karl Mayer, KraussMaffei, PRF Composite Materials, RTP Co., SHD Composite Materials and Zetec.

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