Reinforcements
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Zephyr sets new flight duration record during maiden flight
Airbus’ solar–electric, stratospheric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) completes maiden flight of over 25 days, the longest duration flight ever made.
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The Parker Solar Probe is pretty cool – thanks to carbon composite
Given the extreme temperatures of the Sun’s corona how can NASA’s Parker Solar Probe endure the region to carry out its mission to study our local star?
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Samsung Galaxy Note9 to feature carbon fiber cooling system
The new phone’s Water Carbon Cooling system is designed to allow it to run smoothly during heavy use.
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