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KVE Composites: New CEO, thermoset parts, thermoplastic future

Longtime parts manufacturer offers more than composites welding. CW’s conversation with CEO Kjelt van Rijswijk explains KVE’s vision with Daher and where it’s headed.

Plant tour: Daher Shap’in TechCenter and composites production plant, Saint-Aignan-de-Grandlieu, France

Co-located R&D and production advance OOA thermosets, thermoplastics, welding, recycling and digital technologies for faster processing and certification of lighter, more sustainable composites.

Daher CARAC TP project advances thermoplastic composites certification approach

New tests, analysis enable databases, models, design guidelines and methodologies, combining materials science with production processes to predict and optimize part performance at temperatures above Tg (≈150-180°C) for wing and engine structures.

TPRC training courses target thermoplastic composites

Three upcoming in-person thermoplastic composites courses, ranging from entry-level to advanced, are organized to enhance composites professionals’ knowledge in this burgeoning field.

Demonstrating composite LH2 tanks for commercial aircraft

Toray Advanced Composites and NLR discuss the Netherlands consortium and its 4-year project to build demonstrator liquid hydrogen tanks, focusing on thermoset and thermoplastic composites.

Thermoplastic composites welding: Process control, certification, crack arresters and surface prep

More widespread use of welded composite structures within a decade? Yes, but further developments are needed.

Thermoplastic composites welding advances for more sustainable airframes

Multiple demonstrators help various welding technologies approach TRL 6 in the quest for lighter weight, lower cost.

Twenco develops sensors for smart molds and process control in resin infusion and composites welding

Non-invasive DEA and NDT Analyzer for multi-parameter monitoring, QA and control, including real time simulation feed and 3D process visualization across and through composite parts.

Daher, Luxembourg's LIST to develop welding technology for thermoplastic composite aircraft substructures

The agreement will focus on infrared welding technology to enable high-volume, automated manufacturing in aviation.

SAM|XL develops closed-loop manufacturing for composites

Collaborative R&D center at TU Delft develops sensor- and robot-based automation for Composites 4.0 manufacturing, including STUNNING project for welded assembly of a thermoplastic composite fuselage demonstrator.

KVE Composites installs first commercial Mobile Induction Welding Cell (MIWC) at Daher

Flexible welding cell developed for coupon welding to facilitate process qualification of KVE INDUCT welding technology for thermoplastic composites.

Out-of-autoclave VBO rear spar, thermoplastic ribs target Wing of Tomorrow

French Tier 1 aerospace supplier Daher develops out-of-autoclave materials and process technologies for application in next-gen structures for the Airbus Wing of Tomorrow program.

Development of dry fiber preforms and other technologies for Smart Rotors

Airborne, KVE Composites, RHIA, Royal NLR and TU Delft partner in EU project for ultra-efficient propeller/rotor blades in hybrid and electric aircraft, UAM and drones.

Daher composite-metal winglets enhance performance of new Gulfstream G-700 large-cabin bizjet

The winglets are manufactured at the Daher factory in Tarbes, France and assembled into the aircraft at the Gulfstream’s Savannah plant.

Proving out LM PAEK welding for Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator

Clean Sky 2 STUNNING project will manufacture lower thermoplastic fuselage while MECATESTERS will test Toray LM PAEK in conduction and induction welding for parameters, cyclic loading, aging and environmental effects .

Plug-and-produce AFP system installed in one day and debuts at composites automation center

Addcomposites completes installations of its AFP-XS toolhead at KUKA Finland and SAM|XL in Netherlands.

First Toray LM-PAEK laminate for Clean Sky MECATESTERS project

KVE Composites Group and Rescoll cooperate in GKN Fokker-led project to develop micromechanical characterization of thermoplastic co-consolidated joints for aircraft fuselages

Daher acquires KVE Composites Group

The acquisition is intended to extend Daher’s thermoplastic composites capabilities for structural aircraft components.

New horizons in welding thermoplastic composites

Latest developments in qualification, production and applications for aerospace and automotive.

Welding thermoplastic composites

Multiple methods advance toward faster robotic welds using new technology for increased volumes and larger aerostructures.

Technology Park Ypenburg program launches

Ambition Technology Park Ypenburg to become the regional and international magnet for the high-tech materials manufacturing industry.

Plant Tour: Fokker Aerostructures: Hoogeveen, Netherlands

This Dutch aerospace supplier leverages its founder’s pioneering spirit from a century ago to lead the way, today, in thermoplastic aerocomposites.

Thermoplastic composites technology: A view from Europe

For this Dutch consortium, bringing the manufacturability of thermoplastic materials to maturity is the goal in concert with OEMs, materials and equipment supplier members.

SAMPE Europe 2013/JEC Europe 2013 highlights

Held concurrently, these two seminal European composites events weathered a rare Parisian snowstorm to plumb the depth and breadth of the industry.

2010 SAMPE Europe/JEC Paris Showcase

Record crowds and reignited technological development testified to the composite industry’s renewed health and the recent recession’s demise.

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