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Market report published on resin infusion in aerospace manufacturing

Based on industry interviews, this research was conducted as part of a multi-phase effort conducted by Mississippi State University’s Advanced Composites Institute (ACI).

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Pressure Vessels

Viritech and Haydale pursue new functionalized materials for Type V composite vessels for hydrogen storage

Goal is considerable weight savings via lightweight, impermeable pressure vessels without a liner, further advance in Graph-Pro structural storage tanks with integrated fixation.

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21st century concrete: composite metamaterial with super compressability, energy harvesting

Material comprising 3D-printed, auxetic, reinforced polymer lattices in conductive cement matrix can compress up to 15% and generate electricity for lightweight, mechanically tunable structures with energy harvesting and sensing.

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Recycling

ELIOT Project finds solvolysis best method for aerospace biocomposites recycling

Aimplas and TNO study analyzed 12 methods for six different biocomposites. Solvolysis and pyrolysis proved the two most promising alternatives tested in large-scale production at a pilot plant.  

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Thermoplastics

EcoRudder project to develop thermoplastic composite aircraft rudder

Airbus, EconCore, Fraunhofer and the Technical University of Denmark will produce a potentially recyclable rudder from thermoplastic honeycomb sandwich composites.

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Trends

SAMPE names Rebekah Stacha as CEO

Stacha, who has more than 20 years of experience in leadership and operations management, will be SAMPE’s first woman CEO in the organization’s 79-year history.

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Thermoplastics

NCAMP qualifies Teijin carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastics

This represents the first qualification of a carbon fiber fabric-reinforced thermoplastic composite material by the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance (NCAMP). 

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Trends

Hexcel opens new R&T center in Salt Lake City

Hexcel’s new 100,000-square-foot Center of Research & Technology Excellence at its Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., campus, will be the focus of the company’s innovation efforts.

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Trends

Arris Additive Molding production capacity to hit 1 million parts

Malaysian contract manufacturer partnership will significantly scale up the emerging composite technology’s production for mass-market products, industrial applications.  

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Aerospace

Research predicts first commercial eVTOL passenger routes, applications

A new survey commissioned by Horizon Aircraft asked 100 professionals when they think the first UAM passenger routes will be operational, and what uses would be considered the most practical.  

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