Design & Tooling
Composite tooling specialist displays compression mold capabilities
CAMX 2024: Century Tool specializes in the in-house design, build and run-off of dimensionally large parts and Class A surface tooling.
Read MoreThermoset prepregs meet lightning strike protection specifications
CAMX 2024: A.P.C.M. highlights how its range of epoxy prepreg offerings undergo and surpass lighting strike testing.
Read MoreCarbon fiber, bionic design achieve peak performance in race-ready production vehicle
Porsche worked with Action Composites to design and manufacture an innovative carbon fiber safety cage option to lightweight one of its series race vehicles, built in a one-shot compression molding process.
Read MoreCorebon induction heating
This sidebar to CW’s August 2024 feature article reviews this technology for more efficient composites manufacturing and why it aligns with Koridion active core molding.
WatchActive core molding: A new way to make composite parts
Koridion expandable material is combined with induction-heated molds to make high-quality, complex-shaped parts in minutes with 40% less material and 90% less energy, unlocking new possibilities in design and production.
WatchNorco GFRP molds meet high-quality cast concrete beam production needs
A project with P&M successfully achieved manufacture of six 20-meter-long architectural beams for an R&D facility with near-seamless surfaces and on a tight production schedule.
WatchLaser-excited acoustics provide contact-free, nondestructive composites inspection
Xarion’s couplant-free NDT technology uses laser physics and a membrane-free optical microphone, eliminating the requirement for fluid coupling, widening the scope for NDT technology.
Read MoreOptimized rib-reinforced hollow composites via printed molds
Addyx topology optimization and water-soluble mandrel enables simultaneous rib and skin layup for one-shot, high-strength, lightweight structures.
Read MorePhotothermal tomography for locating, quantifying defects in composites
Years of infrared testing development result in thermography technology that is no longer just qualitative, but can define defect size and depth, making additional UT scans obsolete.
Read MoreDigital workflows optimize material yields, design and productivity
CAMX 2024: TruComposites and Evolv GMP digital manufacturing solutions by Magestic Technologies drive efficiencies and precision across composites manufacturing disciplines.
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