Aerospace
From plant tours to EV battery enclosures: The top 10 CompositesWorld articles of 2022
Through a variety of editorial content, CW explored the trends and topics that are rapidly flourishing in the industry. Based on Google Analytics, these top 10 articles were considered the most popular.
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Norco to build fuselage, wings and composite components for Skyfly eVTOL aircraft
Skyfly aims to achieve a complete airframe weight of just 220 kilograms, in addition to low-cost, accurate and reliable repeatability of manufacture for series production progression.
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BBG supplies electric composite press for aircraft interior parts production
Ordered by a reputed U.S. aerospace company, the press gives the advantage of high efficiency, quiet operation, easier maintenance and overall shorter cycle times.
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Joby completes second of four system reviews with the FAA
Series of system reviews serve to validate the overall architecture of Joby’s eVTOL aircraft, ensure the company’s development process is on track to satisfy FAA safety objectives.
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Optimizing AFP for complex-cored CFRP fuselage
Automated process cuts emissions, waste and cost for lightweight RACER helicopter side shells.
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Velocity Composites enters U.S. market with $100 million GKN Aerospace agreement
The composite material kits supplier expands into international markets with the development of its first U.S. manufacturing facility and a new agreement to support GKN aerostructures development.
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H3 Dynamics, Carbonix to build Australia’s first hydrogen VTOL unmanned aircraft
Innovations in hydrogen-electric nacelles will be integrated into Carbonix’s existing fleet of composite aircraft to mature, further promote hydrogen adoption for long-distance, uncrewed flight in Australia.
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High glass transition temperature, 100% bio-based thermoset resins for space composites
With the European Commission Restrictions Roadmap soon banning entire classes of chemical substances found in fossil fuel-based synthetic polymers, the space industry is looking to a chemical combination to produce competitive thermoset resins.
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UD researchers advance TuFF composite's viability for aerospace
The University of Delaware’s research team continues to mature the short fiber composite’s cost competitiveness with metal through sensor embedding, virtual modeling and TuFF thermoset manufacture.
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Stratview Research publishes new report on composites use in the AAM/eVTOL markets
The detailed thought leadership report explores the highly profitable synergy that is going to take place between the composites and the eVTOL industry in the coming years, including an analysis of 500+ eVTOL programs and inputs from 20+ industry experts.
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