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JEC World 2022, Part 1: Highlights in sustainable, digital, industrialized composites
JEC World 2022 offered numerous new developments in composites materials, processes and applications, according to CW senior editor, Ginger Gardiner, most targeting improved sustainability for wider applications.
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Lilium Phoenix 2 demonstrator achieves main wing transition
The Lilium Jet demonstrator has now achieved transition from hover to wing-borne flight across the entire main wing while remaining stable, behaving as predicted via Lilium’s Flight Dynamics Model.
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Qarbon Aerospace partners with Georgia Tech to address advanced structures in civilian vertical lift vehicles
Demonstration, testing, repair and maintenance of thermoplastic airframe structures will address technical barriers and make a business case for use of composites, metamaterials and AM for civilian air mobility.
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Joby receives Part 135 Certification from the FAA ahead of schedule
The certification, initially targeted for the second half of 2022, is another step toward commercial operation. Joby will use conventional aircraft to refine systems and procedures in advance of launching eVTOL service targeted for 2024.
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Lilium engages Aernnova to design and build the Lilium Jet’s propulsion mounting system
Aernnova and Lilium will collaborate on the design, manufacture and delivery of the key composite aerostructure component.
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AMRC, industrial partners develop Type IV hydrogen tank for long-haul vehicles
In the 12-month project, the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has built prototype tanks and worked to build a secure U.K. supply chain.
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Cummins debuts 15-liter hydrogen engine and partners with Daimler for fuel cell trucks
Full-scale production of H2 ICE expected in 2027 while Daimler Truck will have initial fuel cell trucks available to select North American customers in 2024.
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Ballard Power and Wisdom Motor Co. partner to accelerate adoption of fuel cell commercial vehicles
As part of the collaboration, the companies plan to introduce and demonstrate a double-decker fuel cell bus in Hong Kong this year.
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NCC digital design trial speeds up composite pressure vessel proof of concept
Application of multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) techniques determines optimal composite hydrogen pressure vessel design five times faster, says the NCC.
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U.K. team successfully recycles reclaimed continuous carbon fibers from pressure tanks
The U.K.’s NCC with partners B&M Longworth and Cygnet Texkimp achieve continuous carbon fiber recovery in a significant first step to deliver sustainable composite pressure vessels for the hydrogen market.
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