Carbon Fibers
Virgin Galactic moving closer to commercial service
Virgin’s all-composite VMS Eve was recently relocated to Spaceport America where the company has begun operations, implementing a newly designed Mission Control and preparing for commercial service.
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Airbus, Hexcel celebrate National Composites Week with milestone production rate
The two companies are celebrating more than 40 years of collaboration and Hexcel Salt Lake City’s first year at full rate for the A350 program.
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NASA assembles James Webb Telescope
NASA has successfully connected the two halves — the Optical Telescope Element (OTE) and the Space Craft Element (SCE) — of the composites intensive James Webb Telescope for the first time, marking a major milestone for the program.
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Arevo introduces 3D-printed carbon fiber unibody bike frame and rim
Arevo will display its 3D-printed carbon fiber unibody production bike frame and 3D-printed thermoplastic rim at Eurobike 2019.
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SPE ACCE 2019 announces third keynote
Edward D. Moss, engineering group manager for Corvette Body Structure, will discuss “Composites on the New Chevrolet Corvette" at SPE ACCE September 4 – 6, 2019 in Novi, Mich., U.S.
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National Composites Week: Sustainability
As we celebrate National Composites Week, here are just a few of the many ways the composites industry is working toward a sustainable world.
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Increasing access to AFP
Addcomposites is democratizing composites manufacturing by leasing a low-cost toolhead that turns any robot into an automated fiber placement machine.
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From carbon fiber skateboard maker to contract manufacturer
Elevated Materials makes its mission to deliver reclaimed high-quality aerospace carbon fiber to a variety of industries.
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BAC launches graphene-enhanced carbon fiber intensive supercar
Briggs Automotive Company’s Mono R is the first production car in the world to fully incorporate the use of graphene-enhanced carbon fiber in every body panel.
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