Materials
Lightweighting summit: Targeting composites auto powertrain opportunities
The Lightweight Composites Solution Conference, held May 17 in Gent, Belgium, focused on materials and designs for reducing automotive powertrain weight.
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Drones: Unpiloted composite vehicles head out to sea
Although the term drone for the most part has been synonymous with machines built to fly, sailboat drones designed and built by Saildrone (Alameda, CA, US) are poised to replace for expensive (and manned) research ships and stationary buoy systems that now gather marine data.
Read MoreComposite aircraft interiors market to exceed US$1.8 billion by 2023
According to Stratview Research, the aircraft cabin is one of the most discussed subjects in the airline industry today.
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Drones: Composite UAVs take flight
First seen in defense applications, unpiloted aircraft development is surging in the commercial world, enabled by a host of new material, process and assembly technologies.
Read MoreA complete paradigm shift in aircraft construction
With its new Torreswing automated system for mold-free, fastener-free composite fuselage and wing construction, MTorres aims to revolutionize aerostructure.
Read MoreComposites perform water rescue in high-speed rail tunnel
Channeling out the great quantities of water that flow into Spain’s Pajares railway tunnels in the Cantabria Mountain range required an award-winning composites innovation.
Read MoreQ&A: Manish Patel and Ashley Graeber of Web Industries
CW Talks: The Composites Podcast speaks with Manish Patel, senior application engineer, and Ashley Graeber, director of sales and business development, about Web Industries’ place in the composites supply chain.
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Generative design and continuous 3D fiber deposition
Generative design replicates nature’s evolutionary approach by combining artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing to provide thousands of solutions to one engineering problem.
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Composites Pavilion at AIA 2018
New composite products for architecture/construction and student designs innovate how composites can be used.
Read MoreRhode Island launches fiberglass recycling initiative
The Rhode Island Marine Trades Association (RIMTA) has taken aim at recycling end-of-life recreational fiberglass boats.
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