Processes
Machining update: One-shot dry drilling of stacked materials
Tool design innovations tighten tolerances and cut costs for those who drill composite-metal assemblies.
Read More3D Printing continuous carbon fiber composites?
Additive manufacturing startup MarkForged aims to make it happen and is already marketing systems.
Read MoreComposites carry the Curiosity rover to a safe Mars landing
From launch to touchdown, composites performed in flight and stuck the landing!
Read MoreDon’t call it a blimp!
The builders of this variable-buoyancy craft count on carbon fiber/epoxy trusswork to enable a new era of air transport.
Read MoreSAMPE Tech Seattle 2014 at a glance
A short compilation of SAMPE Tech Seattle 2014 program highlights.
Read MoreSAMPE Tech Seattle 2014 Preview
The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering’s annual fall Tech conference is now a spring event.
Read MoreThe Learjet 85: Large step out of the autoclave
HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan examines the significance of the Bombardier Learjet 85’s first flight.
Read MoreMove over honeycomb, thermoplastic sandwich is commercialized as DYNATECH
PEI foam core/skin sandwich panels claim to save up to 40 percent weight and 30 percent cost in rail and aircraft interiors vs. honeycomb.
Read MoreLicense to speed for composites manufacturing
RocTool pushes composites into new markets with its high-speed induction heating technology for molding.
Read MoreCarbon fiber cryotank angles for a place in launch systems
Boeing has manufactured two carbon fiber cryotanks that are being evaluated by NASA for use in heavy-lift launch systems. They offer 30 weight and 25 percent costs savings.
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