Reinforcements

Aerospace 29 Aug 2018

Perlan 2 space glider sets new altitude record

The carbon fiber and fiberglass glider reached a record height of 62,000 ft, and is designed to soar up to 90,000 ft.

Core 28 Aug 2018

Gurit appointed official supplier to Emirates Team New Zealand for America's Cup

A full range of composite materials, including Gurit’s carbon fiber prepregs, structural core materials and related equipment will be supplied for the campaign.

Adhesives 27 Aug 2018

Voith wins Lightweight Design Award

Voith’s VRA technology for CFRP production lines is said to reduce waste and thus material costs by depositing carbon fibers close to the final shape.

Carbon Fibers 26 Aug 2018

Stratasys offers industrial 3D printer dedicated to carbon-fiber-filled Nylon 12

The Fortus 380mc Carbon Fiber Edition is an industrial quality system that is being offered at $70,000 in the US.

Carbon Fibers 23 Aug 2018

Quickstep signs wing flap contract extension with Lockheed Martin

The Australian advanced carbon fiber composites manufacturer will supply C‐130J/LM‐100J wing flaps for an additional five‐years, covering the period 2020 to 2024.

Aerospace 19 Aug 2018

Air travel with a personal touch

EAA’s 2018 AirVenture at Oshkosh, WI, US happened during the last week of July and as always offered up a banquet of news and innovative new products, including flying cars, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) personal air vehicles and combinations of the two. One of these concepts, called BlackFly and on display at Oshkosh for the first time, caught my attention.

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Workforce Development 15 Aug 2018

Bye Aerospace receives order for 30 Sun Flyer 2s

Aspen Flying Club to use all-electric, composite material aircraft as trainers in its future fleet of aircraft.

Carbon Fibers 14 Aug 2018

SD Mines' composite material demonstrated at composite bridge contest

Students engineered the design of the 2nd place winning bridge using a proprietary composite sheet material invented by a team of researchers at SD Mines.

Aerospace 13 Aug 2018

Haydale supplies graphene for Juno aircraft

Juno demonstrates the viability of graphene enhanced prepreg material for structural applications and the ability to manufacture components using traditional composite manufacturing methods.