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Startup company sets sights on tailor-made thermoset composite parts

Researchers from Politecnico di Milano’s +LAB, winner of 2017 JEC Innovation Award, have started Moi Composites to offer tailor-made thermoset high performance parts.



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Aerospace

Swedish multi-sectorial innovation network aims for a lighter tomorrow

The LIGHTer network works to coordinate what is happening in research, development, technology and competence development in Swedish industry.

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Pressure Vessels

Arevo in 2018: Industrialized production of continuous fiber 3D-printed parts

With new CEO and $12.5 million in B-series financing, Arevo will have eight direct energy deposition (DED) cells attacking its parts production backlog by year-end.

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Made In Space to propose Phase II of Archinaut technology to NASA

The core technology of Archinaut is the Extended Structure Additive Manufacturing Machine, an additive manufacturing capability that enables manufacturing of large structures in space.

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Weaving

Shape offers novel visual options with preforming technology

The ShapeTex preform uses a continuous tow of carbon fiber laid down to create a zero waste, optimized and accurately sized preform.

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Aerospace

SpaceX gets permit for BFR facility in Port of Los Angeles

Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners approves permit for SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket development facility.

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Thermoplastics

Multi-material shipping container for pharmaceuticals

This past week, CW was made aware of a new, high-tech and multi-material unit load device (ULD) shipping container solution from an innovative container company called Smart Containers Group (Zurich, Switzerland).

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CW Talks: Highly automated thermoplastic laminate production

The latest episode of CW Talks: The Composites Podcast, explores the collaborative development of a new thermoplastic laminate by SABIC, Airborne and Siemens.

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Aerospace

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity successfully completes first flight

After two years of extensive ground and atmospheric testing, the passing of this milestone marks the start of the final portion of the carbon composite spaceplane’s flight test program.

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Glass Fibers

An SMC machinery provider adds automation

About the time that I started writing about the composites industry, I was introduced to the concept of SMC – sheet molding compound. I was intrigued this year at the JEC World in Paris to meet with a German company, Schmidt & Heinzmann (S&H, Bruchsal, Germany).

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Thermoplastics

Episode 17: Gino Francato, Sabic; Arno van Mourik, Airborne; John O'Connor, Siemens

Business leaders at Sabic, Airborne and Siemens discuss a collaboration by the three companies to develop the UDMAX thermoplastic laminate manufacturing system.

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Composites at AeroDef 2018

Highlights from the Aerospace Defense Manufacturing Conference – AeroDef 2018 include new technologies for tooling, drilling/machining and inspection of advanced composites.

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