Processes

Boeing and Thermwood

The Boeing Co. (Chicago, IL, US) and Thermwood Corp. (Dale, IN, US) have employed additive manufacturing technology to produce a large, single-piece tool for the 777X program.

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Cutting/Kitting

GKN Fokker to implement automated kitting solution from Airborne

The automated kitting solution is said to reduce costs by saving man-hours and material scrap, and it enabling a flexible and digital workflow.

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Thermwood and US Navy explore additive manufacturing for ships and ship systems

The validation program centered on printing an unclassified scale nose of a submarine using Thermwood’s Large Scale Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) system.

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Composites 4.0

Siemens announces additive manufacturing software tool to improve 3D printing accuracy

An Additive Manufacturing (AM) Process Simulation tool for predicting distortion during 3D printing will be launched with January 2019 NX and Simcenter 3D software updates.

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Owens Corning and Thought3D collaborate on adhesive for composite 3D printing filament

Magigoo PP-GF aids in the first layer adhesion for challenging prints using XSTRAND GF30-PP.

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Ketones

Cincinnati Inc.'s 3D printed trim tool for the 777X wing tip

Cincinnati Inc. explains the process for creating and their record-holding additively manufactured tool. 

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Carbon Fibers

Automating composites production for ease of use and affordability

Schmidt & Heinzemann innovates composites workcells with German quality and small-company flexibility — “modules customized per product and program is the key.”

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Carbon Fibers

TU Dresden 3D prints multifunctional continuous fiber composites

And tests generative manufacturing technologies for integrating these into multi-material lightweight structures.

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Automation

New technologies and markets at World of Filament Winding event

Nov. conference features winding developments with robots, automated fiber placement, additive manufacturing and emerging markets.

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Bonding

VELOX to distribute Ashland products in Nordics region

The agreement includes Ashland’s resins, gelcoats, bonding pastes and low profile additives. 

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Greenerd Compression Molding
ELFOAM rigid foam products
Toray Advanced Composites hi-temperature materials
Kent Pultrusion
Wabash
Custom Hydraulic Press Manufacturing
CompositesWorld
Real Time Resin Degassing Measurement
Composites One - distributor