Processes
Double-bag infusion attracts new customers
Carbon Fiber Composites Inc. (CFC, Hurricane, W. Va.) president Brian Alley credits the double-bag infusion process with attracting two new aircraft customers.
Read MoreExceeding the Limits
Three novel fiber-reinforced, high-temperature thermoplastics promise part designers a broader means to push past performance barriers.
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Off-grid turbine: Helix in the wind
This new composite twist on the vertical-axis wind turbine makes no small impact on the private power market.
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Milking platforms: Composites transform New Zealand cow sheds
Waikato Milking Systems (Hamilton, New Zealand) introduced its Centrus composite milking platform in 2009 and, since then, has installed 24 platforms at customer sites. They're made via RTM Lite.
Read MoreShop practice impacts drilling success
When you're drilling holes in composites, there are many variables that must be considered. Some factors that have an impact on success are process and shop driven. The following are industry best practices that have been demonstrated to maximize hole quality and drilling efficiency with composites.
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Orbital Drilling enables “one-up assembly”
Orbital Drilling, a technology patented by Novator AB (Spånga, Sweden) offers multiple hole sizes from a single drill tool.
Read MoreOnline access to machine tool knowledge
Machine tool manufacturers have developed a variety of online tools that give customers in the composites industry access to lessons learned, best practices and information about the latest machine tool technologies.
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Optimizing, customizing composites hole drilling
Matching the drill tool to the job can save thousands of man-hours and millions of dollars.
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Sixth Element: Lamborghini accelerates CFRP
The automaker’s R&D centers in Italy and the U.S. implement aerospace-inspired design philosophy to radically enhance the use — and the benefits — of CFRP.
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Not your father’s machine tools
HPC's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan comments on the crucial roll manufacturers of drill tools play, today, in the ongoing effort to streamline the assembly of composite and metal structures using mechanical fasteners.
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