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Wind/Energy

March 2016: Business briefs

New briefs from DolphiTech, Sonatest, Solvay and Hexcel.

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Medical

CAMX 2016: Last chance to submit abstracts

CAMX, the largest composites event in the largest composites market, is still accepting abstract proposals for its conference program.

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Infrastructure

Automation: Robots taking off in commercial aircraft

Will this affordable and versatile class of multiaxis manufacturing hardware and software drivers enable airframers to reduce costs and speed deliveries?

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ATL/AFP

GKN leads “STeM” program to successful conclusion

Technical achievements are credited to successful partner collaboration.

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Pressure Vessels

Carbures: Conquering the world for composites

This global Tier 2 supplier produced 39,322 parts for Airbus in 2015, has sold seven RMCP machines to China capable of 40,000-75,000 composite auto parts/yr and is completing a study on opportunities for composites in oil and gas applications in Mexico. What next?

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NDI

VBO prepreg on wing structure

GE Aviation scores first use of OOA wing trailing edge on large commercial aircraft.

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Autoclave

VBO prepregs: The Vision SF50

OOA vacuum-bag-only process makes carbon fiber structures a reality for the world’s first personal jet.

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Aerospace

Aircraft composites repair moves toward maturity

New technologies seek to address the challenges MROs will increasingly face in the age of commercial airliners with composite airframes.

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Adhesives

Reducing manufacturing cost via RTM

Airbus Bremen aims to replace dozens of prepreg components and assembly operations with a unitized multispar composite flap molded in a one-shot process.

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Adhesives

New technologies and companies at CAMX 2015

Final rundown of “finds” from CAMX, from technology for cutting composites and joining CFRP to metal for hybrid parts to companies offering training, textiles and NDT.

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