Materials
Orbital Composites introduces Orb 1 industrial-grade robot 3D printer
Controlled by Orbital Composites’ proprietary Orb OS software, the operating system allows users to easily print end-use thermoplastic composite parts from CAD files.
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Fiberglass industrial fan manufacturer builds on tradition
Collaboration produces large diameter low noise application composite axial flow fan.
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Automated joining of hybrid metal-thermoplastic composite structures
The FlexHyJoin production cell combines surface structuring, induction and laser joining and NDT for automotive mass production.
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A&P Technology awarded contract for attritable aircraft primary structure
The company will uses its large-scale braiding technology to manufacture large textile preforms for primary composite attritable aircraft structures.
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Solvay expands thermoplastic composites manufacturing capacity
Solvay is building a new thermoplastic tape production line at its Anaheim, Calif., facility, underscoring its focus on thermoplastic composites for aerospace.
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Thermoplastics in the quest for aerospace weight savings
Safran Cabin, Victrex and Tri-Mack Plastics collaborate to migrate an aerospace storage bin from aluminum to an overmolded thermoplastic composite. The result proves the promise of thermoplastics in aerospace interiors.
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COBRA delivers GFRP covers for agricultural UAVs
COBRA’s drone covers use a composite laminate of glass fiber reinforcements combined with epoxy laminating resins in a hand laminated, vacuum bag consolidated production process.
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Cevotec system saves time, material in hydrogen storage vessel production
The company’s SAMBA-series fiber patch placement technology applies carbon fiber patches to the dome area to produce storage vessels for fuel cell electric vehicles.
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Podcast: Vartega founder Andrew Maxey on carbon fiber recycling
Vartega’s Andrew Maxey discusses carbon fiber waste, carbon fiber recovery, and the still-growing market for recovered fibers.
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Additive manufacturing reimagined: large-scale, fiber-reinforced thermoset printing
ORNL, MVP and Polynt-Reichhold launch world’s first commercially available, large-scale thermoset composite additive manufacturing machine and reactive print material.
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