Pratt & Whitney to produce advanced metal and CMC turbine airfoils in North Carolina
New 1 million-square-foot production facility follows CMC R&D center and publicized strategy for next-gen engines.
Ginger Gardiner
Senior Editor, CompositesWorld
Axiom Materials CerFace AX-8810 surface film improves outer finish of CMC components
Surface film protects exposed fibers and minimizes surface roughness of CMC components for operating temperatures of up to 1,093ºC.
WSU-NIAR receives $13.5 million from Air Force for advanced composites research
Additional funding extends NIAR’s Modeling for Affordable, Sustainable Composites (MASC) research program, which will develop technologies to optimize digital twin data.
Clean Sky 2 announces program updates
Clean Sky 2 highlights several ongoing and recently completed composites-related projects including a small aircraft ground cabin demo, simulation tools and a CMC inter turbine duct.
Free Form Fibers' $2.5 million financing round scales up composites production
The next step is to bring high-performance fibers and powder materials to market for advanced applications, such as CMC.
WSU-NIAR awarded $13.5 million for high-speed missile materials research
Partnership with Spirit AeroSystems will develop manufacturing processes and material characterization for advanced composites for future thermal protection systems.
Axiom Materials expands CMC product portfolio under technology license
Axiom’s expansion into c/SiC and SiC/SiC composite intermediates is licensed under the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), NITE and more.
Leveraging towpreg to reduce the cost of CMC
High-denier, spread-tow Nextel 610 fiber and novel alumina matrix enable AFP production of Ox-Ox ceramic matrix composites.
Ginger Gardiner
Senior Editor, CompositesWorld
3M launches high-temperature, oxidation-stable Nextel ceramic fabric
Nextel 610 DF-13-4500 ceramic fabric allows ceramic composites to compete with metal components, with comparable performance and reduced cost.
Axiom Materials opens High-temperature Composite Center
The 3,500-square-meter facility expands the U.S.-based company’s CMC production capabilities to support increasing demand in aerospace and industrial applications.
Pratt & Whitney to open ceramic matrix composites facility
The 60,000-square-foot R&D facility in Carlsbad, Calif., U.S. will focus on the design, development and production of CMCs for aerospace applications.
A new definition of composites?
Nucleation and control of crystallinity plus aspect ratio creates new plastic and ceramic composites with tailored performance.
Magnetic 3D printing the next generation of tailored composites
Fortify uses magnetic fields and digital light processing to produce tailored microstructures for high-resolution, 3D printed composite parts — and enables the next generation of multiscale, multifunctional composite metamaterials.
Nanomaterials: Products, supply chain mature for next-gen composites
Development spans 3D and thermoplastic nanocomposites, nano-CMCs for hypersonics and nanomaterials safety and toxicity.
Bridging the gap between CFRP and CMC
Novel composites offer performance up to 1000°C with faster processing.
Ginger Gardiner
Senior Editor, CompositesWorld
DLR selects MultiMech for crack prediction in CMC components
The German Aerospace Center has selected MultiMechanics’ modeling and simulation software to perform advanced crack prediction during the manufacturing of ceramic matrix composite components.
Fusing waterjet, laser for efficiency in CFRP/CMC machining
Laser MicroJet technology offers high accuracy and speed without heat issues, burring or replacement of cutting tools.
L&L Special Furnace Co. unveils retort furnace for de-bindering ceramic composites
The company is customizing a large retort box furnace for de-bindering ceramic matrix composite (CMC) prepreg materials.
CAMX 2018 preview: IKONICS
IKONICS Advanced Materials Solutions (Deluth, MN, US) is showcasing its Precision Abrasive Machining (PAM), a non-traditional machining process.
AMRC to add ultrasonic assisted machine tool
New composite machine tool will be the first of its size to be fitted with an ultrasonic-capable spindle for use in five-axis machining applications.
GE Aviation delivers 25,000th CMC component
The Asheville, NC, US facility has reached a production milestone for its ceramic matrix composites components for commercial aviation.
National Composites Week: Top 20 stories in the last decade
As we celebrate National Composites Week, we’ve collected our top content over the last ten years.
How the CMC process works
GE Aviation releases video walking through their complete process chain for ceramic matrix composites.
CW's top 10 digital content of 2017
CW’s first list of 2018 is a simple one: The top 10 most viewed articles on the CompositesWorld website in 2017.
GE Aviations opens CMC facility in Alabama
The $200 million facility will manufacture silicon carbide (SiC) materials used to manufacture ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), for GE and LEAP aircraft engines.
Episode 8: Ryan Huth, GE Aviation
Ryan Huth, manager of ceramic matrix composites (CMC) production at GE Aviation’s Asheville, NC facility, talks about CMC technology, GE Aviation's CMC parts production and the future of both.
GE starts GE9X certification testing
As the second GE9X engine begins testing at the Peebles Test Operation (PTO) in Ohio, assembly of the third and fourth GE9X engines is well underway at GE Aviation’s headquarters in Evendale, Ohio.
Vertically integrated CMC supply chain
GE Aviation's new ceramic matrix composite supply chain includes fiber, prepreg and unprecedented parts production facilities, plus a strongly tied 4-bump development stream.
