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Digital Demo: The Advantages of Thermoplastics Technology
From stronger, longer-lasting parts to creating sustainable options for composite parts, this demo will pique your interest in this emerging technology. (Sponsored)
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Digital Demo: UV-Cured Powder Coating on Carbon Fiber
Keyland Polymer's R&D chemist will demonstrate the UV powder coating application process followed by UV curing on a carbon fiber water bottle holder. (Sponsored)
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The future of carbon fiber manufacture
Later this month, CW’s 25th anniversary Carbon Fiber Conference promises to be among the most important as dynamic market forces are putting unusual pressure on the carbon fiber supply chain.
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One-piece, one-shot, 17-meter wing spar for high-rate aircraft manufacture
GKN Aerospace has spent the last five years developing materials strategies and resin transfer molding (RTM) for an aircraft trailing edge wing spar for the Airbus Wing of Tomorrow program.
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Evolution of the one-piece, all-composite Funny Car body
Large, one-piece drag racing vehicle bodies require extreme lightweighting and precise layup skills. Specialist MTCcorp shares how its John Force Racing Funny Cars have evolved over the past 25 years.
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Demonstrating composite LH2 tanks for commercial aircraft
Toray Advanced Composites and NLR discuss the Netherlands consortium and its 4-year project to build demonstrator liquid hydrogen tanks, focusing on thermoset and thermoplastic composites.
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CFRTP upper stage propellant tank
PROCOMP uses in-situ consolidation AFP and ultrasonic welding to demonstrate lightweight, novel tank design.
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Composite Engineering Challenge
The Growth Garage Business Incubator of the Mitsubishi Chemical Group Advanced Materials Division is hosting the Composite Engineering Challenge to support next generation startups scale up production of lightweight parts.
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Material equivalence testing in shared composites databases
In response to traditionally proprietary polymer matrix composites (PMC) qualifications, NCAMP continues its efforts to make material property databases publicly available.
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Download today's CAMX 2022 Show Daily: Thursday, Oct. 20
Download today’s news reported live by CW on the CAMX show floor in Anaheim, California. Headlines cover the Good Day, CAMX panel, more information about ACE Award winners and the various technologies transforming the show floor.
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Download CAMX 2022 Show Daily: Wednesday, Oct. 19
Download news reported live by CW on the CAMX show floor in Anaheim, California. Headlines cover CAMX/ACE Award winners, educational enrichment offered by the CAMX Theater, reconnection and recharging opportunities at CAMX Park Place and more.
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Drawing design cues from nature: Designing for biomimetic composites, Part 1
Biomimicry is an interdisciplinary methodology that can inform composites design and manufacturing via use of more effective and sustainable materials, structural fabrication and technological practices.
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