Conbility: Mass production of composite tape laminates
By: Ginger Gardiner
RWTH Aachen spin-off scales up production for low-cost, in-situ consolidated composites as inserts for lighter, cheaper injection-molded parts.
#composites4_0 #continuousfiberAM #automation
Industrial Fiberglass Specialties: From corrosion-resistant industrial pipes to specialty custom projects
By: Scott Francis
Based in Dayton, Ohio, U.S., IFS recently developed an FRP console for the U.S. Air Force using a custom mold design and specialized paint.
Swinburne University and CSIRO's Industry 4.0 Testlab for Composite Additive Manufacturing
By: Ginger Gardiner
Australia and Germany collaborate to build Composites 4.0 production line for competitive advantage in next-gen manufacturing and workforce.
#outofautoclave #autoclave #layup
Developing a linerless, all-composite, spherical cryotank
By: Hannah Mason
Infinite Composites Technologies’ Type V pressure vessel for storing cryogenic space launch vehicle propellants shows promise for eliminating elusive microcracking issues.
#space
Thinking machines
By: Jeff Sloan
Algorithm-based artificial intelligence, once only imagined, is here. It can do a lot of good.
#composites4_0 #editorial #airbus
First all-CFRP fuselage in Mexico
By: Ginger Gardiner
UNAQ and RHEM Composites help produce body of third prototype for Oaxaca Aerospace’s Pegasus P-400T.
#airbus #layup #outofautoclave
High-rate, automated aerospace RTM line delivers next-gen spoilers
By: Jeff Sloan
At Spirit AeroSystem’s Prestwick facility in Scotland, a glimpse of the future of aerocomposites manufacturing in a resin transfer molding line for A320 spoilers.
#ndi #cuttingtools #insidemanufacturing
Digital thread vs. digital twin
By: Ginger Gardiner
This is an online sidebar for the July 2020 article, “Composites 4.0: Digital transformation, adaptive production, new paradigms”. When I first discussed these concepts in 2016, they were still somewhat nascent in composites.
#airbus #autoclave #layup
A retrospective take on the composites industry and the pandemic
By: Dale Brosius
Dale Brosius reflects on recent composites industry trends and how they are impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
#workforcedevelopment #787 #electricvehicles
Narrow UD tapes to bridge the ATL-AFP gap
By: Jeff Sloan
Automated tape laying and automated fiber placement are similar, but not the same. Can narrow tapes provide a middle ground with advantages of both processes for next-gen aircraft?
#a350 #airbus #infrastructure
Composites 4.0: Architecture and ontology
By: Ginger Gardiner
Adaptive systems, IoT platforms and apps, the need for 4.0 standardization and a new way to develop and certify composite aerostructures.
#airbus #layup #outofautoclave
No business case for reteaching robots
By: Ginger Gardiner
DLR Center for Lightweight Production Technology has developed an AI-equipped work cell where collaborative robots can switch from producing composite rear pressure bulkheads to fuselage panels without requiring reprogramming or retraining.
#airbus #boeing #composites4_0