Aerospace
World's first all-carbon RV
Built without mechanical fasteners and at approximately half the weight of conventional products, the CR-1 is impressive and designed by an impressive team.
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Automated cutting accelerates
Software/hardware advances and peripheral equipment make flatbed cutters essential to automated production scenarios.
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Electric-powered aircraft: good for composites suppliers
Electric-powered flight is nascent, but the promise is real, as is the opportunity for composites fabricators and suppliers.
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Orbital-ATK marriage a sign of the times?
The merger of Orbital and ATK's Aerospace and Defense groups indicates that companies are positioning themselves to take advantage of the new public/private space market.
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First A320neo features composite Korean Sharklets
The enhanced performance of Airbus' newest A320 comes not just from the "new engine option" but also from CFRP wingtips produced by Korean Air using an automated manufacturing line.
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JEC Europe 2014 Review
The composites world met again in Paris, vibrant, stronger, and more forward-looking than ever before.
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SAMPE Europe 2014 Review
SAMPE Europe’s 35th International Conference (SEICO 14) was also its last. Beginning in 2015, SAMPE Europe will henceforth organize one large annual conference, combining its SEICO and SETEC events into a multitrack multidisciplinary conference and exhibition.
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Hole quality defined
In the aerospace industry, drilled hole quality is defined by ISO 286: System of Limits and Fits, a coordinated system of hole and shaft tolerances that is used in both engineering and production.
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Machining update: One-shot dry drilling of stacked materials
Tool design innovations tighten tolerances and cut costs for those who drill composite-metal assemblies.
Read MoreA UAV fueled by CNG?
Developed for manned flight, the VX-1 KittyHawk, designed by VX Aerospace (Morgantown, N.C.,) has received more recent attention as a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) powered by compressed natural gas.
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