Scott Francis

Scott Francis Editor-In-Chief

Out of Autoclave

Solvay expands with new Texas-based aerospace composites manufacturing facility

The company recently broke ground on a Greenville, TX, US manufacturing footprint expansion that increases the site’s resin mixing capacity.

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Glass Fibers

OPTIPLAN to present composite material for commercial vehicles

OPTIPLAN’s POLYDET PowerStar Plus is designed to help to achieve a reduced vehicle weight and thus higher payload as well as lower fuel consumption and pollutant emission.

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Sustainability

Victrex launches PAEK polymer solutions for additive manufacturing

Polymer based solutions company unveils high strength material for laser sintering (LS) and filament for filament fusion (FF) with improved Z-strength.

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Mass Transit

WARR Hyperloop wins 2018 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition

This year the defending champion’s pod achieved a top speed of 467 km/h (290 mph), beating their previous year’s record.

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Out of Autoclave

Second MC-21 test aircraft completes successful flight

Irkut Corp.’s infused carbon fiber composite wing aircraft reaches a milestone with a successful six-hour test flight.

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Automation

Plataine and Google Cloud partner on factory floor AI solution

The collaboration is designed to improve the productivity of factory operators, using natural language processing, wearable technology and Plataine’s AI-based Digital Assistants. 

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Sustainable thermoplastics and additive manufacturing alliance forms in Colorado

Vartega, the Colorado Cleantech Industries Association and a group of industry and academic partners have founded an Advanced Materials and Additive Manufacturing Infrastructure Development and Education (AMIDE) Alliance.

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Wind/Energy

Western Sydney wins American Solar Challenge

Western Sydney University won four out of five stages of the 2,800 km race with their carbon-fiber chassis solar-powered vehicle.

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RTM

Rhodes Interform manufactures composite press for AMRC

The new facility is capable of a wide range of composite forming including open and closed molding, resin transfer molding (RTM), prepreg, compression molding and thermoplastics.

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Aerospace

Dowty Propellers extends composite propeller support agreement with SpiceJet

The new seven-year contract supports SpiceJet’s Bombardier Q400 regional airliner fleet, which the Indian carrier is expanding with 25 additional twin-engine aircraft.

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Pressure Vessels

New York announces US largest offshore wind development plan

The New York State Public Service Commission has set a course for a goal of 2,400 MW of new offshore wind generation by 2030.

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Aerospace

Solvay and Safran sign LEAP aircraft engine supply agreement

Solvay will supply Safran with composite material technologies to manufacture the engine’s critical structural components.

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Composite raw materials