Revolutionizing the composites cost paradigm, Part 2: Forming
By: Ginger Gardiner
Boeing-led parts trials explore infusion, compression molding and thermoplastics, offering lessons and supply chain options to better compete with aluminum.
#education #autoclave #boeing
CW's Digital Demos, explained
By: Jeff Sloan
In May 2020, CW is launching Digital Demos, a new on-demand product that provides composites industry suppliers a channel to introduce new products and technologies to the CW audience of designers and fabricators. This video briefly explains it.
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Material choices for the Corvette rear bumper beam
By: Peggy Malnati
From fabrics to resins, a number of new combinations of materials went into the making of the world’s first curved pultruded automotive part.
#weaving #adhesives #outofautoclave
RAPM development with PtFS
By: Ginger Gardiner
Boeing-led program explores rapid part cycles using automated, 180-channel thermal control molding cell for infusion, thermoset prepreg and thermoplastic composites.
#autoclave #boeing #closedmolding
Manufacturing the complex geometry parts of RAPM
By: Ginger Gardiner
Boeing-led program explores simulation, tooling, preforming and molding approaches to lower composites part cost.
#specialreport #autoclave #boeing
Novel prepreg for compression molding in RAPM
By: Ginger Gardiner
Solvay and Boeing combine aerospace performance with process knowledge for high-rate, low-cost composites production.
#autoclave #automation #boeing
Curve in the road: First curved pultruded auto parts
By: Peggy Malnati
Thomas Technik + Innovation KG’s radius pultrusion process unlocks new possibilities for the automotive market and beyond.
#education #generalmotors #infrastructure
Curved pultrusions enter production
By: Peggy Malnati
Corvette CFRP rear bumper beam is the auto industry’s first use of new technology.
#workinprogress #education #adhesives
What will the composites industry's post-pandemic future look like?
By: Jeff Sloan
We already have the tools needed to help us craft our future, even if we do not know yet how and where those tools might be deployed.
#editorial #education #windblades
Developing new solutions for noise, vibration and harshness
Several recent IACMI partner projects focus on technology innovation related to challenges in noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) in vehicle design.
#adhesives #iacmi #layup
Combination of automation, rigid foam core enable high-volume aircraft part production
By: Hannah Mason
A feasibility study demonstrates increased production capacity using Evonik foam core and automated manufacturing.
#airbus #autoclave #layup
Tooling, precision enable composites in satellite subsystems
By: Scott Francis
Tight tolerances drive design and engineering of large-format composite component and dishes to create unique satellite structures.
#education #adhesives #aramidfiber