National Composites Week
Shimadzu XSeeker 8000 is designed for simplicity
The new user-friendly XSeeker 8000 benchtop X-ray CT system enables high functionality with a small footprint.
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Siemens Gamesa, Airborne develop automatic preforming robot system for offshore wind blades
Danish-funded ALMA project furthers collaboration, adds new functionality, advanced sensor systems and digital twinning for reduced man-hours, waste and cost per blade.
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Plastics Unlimited completes facility expansion
A 30,000-square-foot expansion to the Preston, Iowa, facility adds assembly and warehouse space, thermoforming and composites manufacturing equipment and robots.
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Notched testing of sandwich composites: The sandwich open-hole flexure test
A second new test method has been standardized by ASTM for determining notch sensitivity of sandwich composites.
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Lacks Enterprises supplies 2023 Dodge Challenger with carbon fiber wheels
High-performance wheels, optional for the powerful Demon 170 muscle car, provide greater performance and weight reduction for an improved ride.
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People in composites: March 2023
New personnel and leadership appointments have been announced by Boeing, Impossible Objects, Hypetex and Cygnet Texkimp.
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Quantum composites research opens new avenues in energy storage, electronic applications
A new type of composite material studied by the University of California, Riverside features unique properties defined by quantum condensate effects, presenting new approaches to materials engineering and utilization.
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Wingtra lands $22 million funding for commercial VTOL drones
Wingtra delivers on effective, reliable composites-intensive mapping drones with new funding round, management team and product innovation.
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Markforged highlights Sidus Space 3D-printed composite satellite
The two partners have spent the last four years working on LizzieSat, a partially 3D-printed satellite that is set to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-9 rocket in 2023.
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SGL Carbon reports best operating result in more than 10 years
The 2022 year saw 12.8% sales increase supported by all four business units — Graphite Solutions, Carbon Fibers, Composite Solutions and Process Technology — improved EDBITDApre and reduced net financial debt.
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