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Composites end markets: Aerospace (2023)
With COVID in the past and passengers flying again, commercial aircraft production is ramping up. The aerocomposites supply chain is busy developing new M&P for an approaching next-generation aircraft program.
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Episode 40: Sarah Cox, NASA
Sarah Cox, materials engineer at NASA, talks about her experience at NASA working with composites in the space travel space.
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As 2023 begins, a look back at trending CW topics in 2022
With 2022 now behind us, CW’s editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan takes a look at the CW stories last year that received the most reader attention.
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Inside Teijin’s thermoplastic tape expansion
Teijin is qualifying its second thermoplastic tape line in Heinsberg, Germany, that will significantly expand the company’s presence in this material segment.
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Reading the Boeing tea leaves
Boeing CEO David Calhoun says not to expect a new aircraft before 2035. What are aerocomposites fabricators supposed to make of that?
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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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CAMX 2022: 10 reasons to attend
Looking for a good reason to attend CAMX 2022? Look no further.
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Plant tour: AvCarb, Lowell, Mass., U.S.
Composites are often selected for their structural properties, but at AvCarb, innovation in carbon fiber-based products has driven fuel cell technology advances for decades.
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Röchling launches sustainable vacuum forming materials for railway structures
Röchling’s Maywoflamm plus RC and Maywoflamm NFPA RC can be manufactured using up to 70% recycled material, making it possible to increase sustainability in customer applications.
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Welcome to the Composites Age
The human race has a long history of developing materials, each one a little better than the one before it. Composites are among the latest in a long line, and proving highly adaptable to new opportunities.
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Applied Molecules launches UV-curable repair and filler resin
Applied Molecules LLC has launched the AJ13 Series of UV-curable composite repair and filler materials.
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