Enabling a circular economy approach to advanced composites innovation, manufacturing and use, Part 1
In part 1 of a two-month column, IACMI chief technology officer Uday Vaidya reflects on the organization’s efforts to reduce the embodied energy of composites.
#precursor #windblades #education
3D printing, composite materials enable motorsports design flexibility
By: Hannah Mason
A collegiate Formula SAE racing team used Windform carbon fiber-filled composite materials and laser sintering technology to streamline part design.
#space #precursor #polyacrylonitrile
JEC World 2020 preview
By: Jeff Sloan
JEC World 2020, the largest composites-focused trade event, will be held March 3-5 at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre.
#sustainability #application
Plant Tour: RUAG Space, Decatur, Alabama, U.S.
By: Scott Francis
Out-of-autoclave composites manufacturing facility comes of age with first U.S.-made composite structures for the Atlas V launcher, and qualification parts for the Vulcan.
#sustainability #adhesives #autoclave
Composites enable novel flying speedboat
By: Jeff Sloan
Candela Boats’ Seven speedboat combines all-electric propulsion with precision foiling in a design made possible by creative composites engineering.
#adhesives #layup #cuttingtools
The coming decade: Clarity with a strong dose of uncertainty
By: Dale Brosius
Columnist Dale Brosius considers the potential and uncertain role of composites in aerospace, automotive and other markets in the coming decade.
#perspectives-and-provocations #closedmolding #discontinuousfiber
To boldly go . . .
By: Jeff Sloan
Space travel is a challenge, even if filmmakers like to make us think otherwise.
#boeing #outofautoclave #planttours
IACMI Winter 2020 Meeting
By: Scott Francis
The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) held its winter meeting in Dayton, Ohio, U.S. January 21-23, updating its membership on the public-private institute's efforts to accelerate composites design and manufacturing.
#trends #windblades #education
Composites Index ends year on production boost
By: Michael Guckes
The Composites Index closed 2019 with a December reading of 49.2.
#economics
CFRP preform technology is fast, flexible, efficient
By: Peggy Malnati
Porsche racecar is first to sport part-via-preform technology.
#weaving #layup #workinprogress
Diving deeper into composite processes
By: Scott Francis
CW recently had the opportunity to visit Abaris Training (Reno, Nev., U.S.), a company that has offered advanced composite training courses for more than 30 years.
#workforcedevelopment #layup #closedmolding
Advancing thermoplastic composites and RTM for Clean Sky 2 in Spain
By: Ginger Gardiner
EURECAT leads projects for TPC keel beam, window frames and thermoset RTM fuselage frames with TPC shear ties for next-gen aircraft.
#ms21 #outofautoclave #paek