Design & Tooling

Aerospace

Plant Tour: Holland Composites, Lelystad, Netherlands

Balancing performance with affordable production, this industry veteran continues to explore composites’ infinite possibilities.

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Dassault Systèmes, Rize Inc. partner to provide composite 3D printing solutions

Customers will be able to integrate Rize 3D printing technology with Dassault’s 3DEXPERIENCE software platform.

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Weaving

Estimating composite properties using data from similar materials

CW columnist Dan Adams explores methods for estimating composite mechanical properties using similar materials.

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Carbon Fibers

IACMI: Driving innovation in the advanced composites industry

Since its start in 2015, the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) has come a long way in its mission of advancing composites innovation. CTO Uday Vaidya reflects on the past five years.

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Pressure Vessels

Flaw detector includes new features to improve inspection workflow

Designed for pressure vessels and pipes, Olympus’s OmniScan X3 flaw detector is said to combine the tools needed for efficient phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT) inspections.

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VR system now compatible with 3DEXPERIENCE platform

VRgineers’ XTAL virtual reality (VR) system is now compatible with Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

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Aerospace

Carleton University leverages VABS software for helicopter blade simulation

As part of AnalySwift LLC’s Academic Partner Program, Carleton University is working on new comprehensive software to simulate helicopter blade tasks.

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Markforged, MSC Software partner on 3D printer simulation tools

Customers will have increased access to MSC’s process simulation, performance modeling and material analysis tools for Markforged 3D printers.  

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Composites 4.0

Siemens acquires MultiMechanics, adds material modeling to Simcenter

The acquisition adds MultiMechanics’ TRUE Multiscale failure prediction technology to Siemens’ Simcenter for composites design simulation.

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Infrastructure

Composite pole and fire shield successfully endure forest fire tests

The test was part of an initiative by RS Technologies Inc. to develop new test methods for fiber-reinforced utility poles.

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Airtech
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release agents, purging compounds, process chemical specialties
Alpha’s Premier ESR®
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Large Scale Additive Manufacturing
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