Scott Francis

Scott Francis Editor-In-Chief

Wind/Energy

2018 American Solar Challenge is underway

Participating vehicles are typically constructed of a carbon fiber monocoque chassis and powered by solar arrays and lithium ion batteries.

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Adhesives

Solvay and Airbus extend composite and auxiliary materials contract

The two companies have signed a contract extension until 2025 for the supply of advanced materials.

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Aerospace

Composite fuselage still under consideration for Boeing's 797

Speculation over Boeing’s proposed New Mid-market Airplane (NMA) continues.

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Aerospace

NLign releases version 6.10

Latest software version offers improved support for the Aerospace and Defense  industry MRB workflow.

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Ketones

CW’s monthly roundup of new products for the composites industry: July 2018

CW’s monthly roundup of new products for the composites industry – this month has seen innovations from Masterbond, MultiMechanics, NLign Analytics, Nordson, Optiplan, Verisurf and Victrex.

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EASYPERM permeability measurement system installed at Moldex3D

Taiwan R&D center will use EASYPERM to augment RTM simulation capability for customers.

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Mass Transit

AIMPLAS participates in European railway lightweighting initiative

The two-year MAT4RAIL project aims to reduce the weight of railways and increase vehicle capacity and comfort by replacing metallic structural components with composite materials.

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Automotive

Magna recognized at 2018 SPE Automotive Awards

Magna received three first-place awards at the 2018 Society of Plastics Engineers Automotive Awards gala in recognition of its lightweighting efforts enabled by advanced materials.

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Aerospace

Solvay and Spirit AeroSystems extend composite materials supply agreement

The two companies have signed an extension to their supply agreement for composites and adhesives to be used on nacelle and fuselage applications across Boeing’s commercial programs.

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Automation

Verisurf to debut 2019 software version

Verisurf 2019 is the latest release of the measurement software for automated quality inspection and reporting, scanning and reverse engineering, tool building and assembly guidance.

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MultiMechanics' MultiMech 18.1 features new GUI, enhanced workflow

New version of MultiMech boasts several new features that will expand the simulation capabilities for users.

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Aerospace

Kaman Composites and Tamarack Aerospace to partner on winglet technology

The agreement combines Tamarack Aerospace’s ATLAS Active Winglet technology with Kaman Composites’ engineering, contracting and structural fabrication capabilities.

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Composite raw materials