Additive Manufacturing

Carbon Fibers

Episode 5: Greg Mark, Markforged

Greg Mark, founder and CEO of Markforged, discusses his journey of working with composites in additive manufacturing.

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Autoclave

Arevo composite additive manufacturing: the future of AFP?

Its multi-axis, continuous fiber technology eliminates tooling, matches strength of titanium parts at 1/3 the weight and cuts part cost vs. hand layup/autoclave cure by a factor of 5.

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Molds/Tools

Composites in transit: Rolling robotic “stuff carrier” the new must-have

PPF’s Gita can move at a human walking pace or can accelerate up to 35 kph, fast enough to keep pace with a runner.

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Carbon Fibers

Additive manufacturing and composites: An update

Additive manufacturing has only begun to tap the potential available in the composite industry.

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Aerospace

European SAMPE meeting explores composites innovation

High spots from SAMPE Europe’s Summit 17.

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ATL/AFP

Accelerating materials insertion: Where do virtual allowables fit?

In the quest to reduce the time and cost for aerocomposite design allowables development, will conventional physical testing and virtual testing go head-to-head or work side-by-side?

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Space

Researchers successfully 3D print carbon fiber

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers claim to be the first to 3D print aerospace-grade carbon fiber.

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3D-printed hybrid golf club head scores

Multi-material blend joins composite, titanium and brass.

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Carbon Fibers

Composite printing process focused on scale, speed

With roots in the boat manufacturing industry, Ken Tyler felt there had to be a better way to fabricate composite parts than the mostly manual, labor-intensive methods practiced throughout his industry.

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Weaving

JEC World 2017 exhibit preview

JEC World will be held March 14-16 in Paris. CW previews some of the products and technologies that will be at the show.

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