Processes

Teton SmartSlice 2.0 offers improved functionalities

Simulation tool for 3D printing provides more ergonomic user features, including view displacement options, tooltips and 10 new material options.

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Infusion

New book covers practical issues associated with resin infusion processes

Author details the mechanics of materials for the construction of laminates manufactured with the aid of pressure, computer simulations and infusion strategies and more.

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Pultrusion

Kent Pultrusion ships ServoPul machines to North American pultruder

Kent Pultrusion will install two of its ServoPul 2412 fully electric pultrusion lines at two North American plants. 

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Pressure Vessels

Contactless measurement of temperature, pressure in composites

Magnetic microwires enable contactless measurement of temperature and pressure during cure and in service.

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Automotive

Bucci Composites completes testing of new carbon fiber wheel

Bucci’s new 22-inch high-performance automotive wheel is all carbon fiber and made via high-pressure resin transfer molding.

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Consumer

Innovative tooling, automation enable new line of composite window wells

Moldmaker and automation specialist Commercial Tool Group provided RockWell with custom compression molds and robotics to enable high-volume, low-cost production.

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Composites One to acquire Solvay Process Materials business

The acquired business, rebranded as Aerovac, will act as manufacturer, developer and supplier of process materials, tooling and services and is comprised of a range of vacuum bagging materials.

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Bell, Ingersoll apply LFAM to main rotor blade component production

Collaborative effort using Ingersoll’s MasterPrint LFAM tool and five-axis milling machine completes successful manufacture of 22-foot-long vacuum trim tool in a matter of weeks.

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Orbital Composites to demonstrate containerized 3D printing robots for AM wind blade manufacture

Project aims to demonstrate additive manufacturing of >100-meter-long composite wind blades with >25% reduced cost.

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Anisoprint launches Aura 2.1 slicing software for continuous fiber 3D printing

New features include “masks” giving users greater control over fiber reinforcement in an easy-to-visualize manner.

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Toray Advanced Composites hi-temperature materials
ELFOAM rigid foam products
Wabash
Kent Pultrusion
U.S. Polychemical Acrastrip
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Large Scale Additive Manufacturing
HEATCON Composite Systems
Release agents and process chemical specialties