Aerospace

Additive Manufacturing 26 Nov 2019

CTC, an Airbus company, deploys Plataine AI-based solution to industrialize lightweight structures

3D-Hub demonstrates new production possibilities and will transfer knowledge to Airbus production sites and suppliers.

Sustainability 26 Nov 2019

The Rubik’s Cube of working efficiently with different composite materials

Each member of an aerospace OEM’s supply chain works on a different side of the project, ultimately driving toward the same goal: a better composite-intensive aircraft.

Prepregs 25 Nov 2019

Airborne substrate panels enable JUICE spacecraft solar array

Airborne delivers solar array substrate panels for use in the European Space Agency’s mission to explore the icy moons of Jupiter.

Aerospace 25 Nov 2019

SGL Carbon delivers composite materials for Airbus Helicopter rotor blades

SGL Carbon’s glass fiber noncrimp fabrics enable the composite rotor blades for the 5 blade Airbus H145 rotor configuration.

Aerospace 25 Nov 2019

Pratt & Whitney to open ceramic matrix composites facility

The 60,000-square-foot R&D facility in Carlsbad, Calif., U.S. will focus on the design, development and production of CMCs for aerospace applications.

Editorial 25 Nov 2019

How much is that composite wing in the window?

With Spirit AeroSystems buying Bombardier’s Belfast operations, the future of composites fabrication for large commercial aerostructures starts to come into focus.

Glass Fibers 22 Nov 2019

FLEXOP aeroelastic wings achieve first flight

As part of the European Union’s FLEXOP project, DLR and TUM researchers are working on new technologies to control flutter while allowing wings to be made lighter.

Pressure Vessels 21 Nov 2019

Graphene-enhanced prepreg launched for lightning strike protection

Haydale's range of graphene-enhanced prepreg materials utilize functionalized nanomaterials to improve the electrical conductivity in aerospace applications.

Machining/Drilling 21 Nov 2019

Solid carbide drill designed for aerospace composites

Sandvik Coromant’s CoroDrill 863 solid carbide drill with -O geometry has been designed to improve drilling consistency and performance on composite aerospace workpieces.