Plant Tour: GE Aviation, Asheville, NC, US
An avant-garde approach to unprecedented CMC parts production.

Ceramic matrix composites: Hot engine solution
Disruptive designs for composites operation in 1093°C zones.

Harris Corp., Rochester, NY, US
High-technology telescope and space structures expertise has its roots in legacy Kodak programs.

GE Aviation, Batesville, MS, US
With a supply chain busy making commercial jet engines like the GE90, GEnx, LEAP and GE9X, GE Aviation has invested heavily in its composites capabilities in Batesville.

Large autoclave on the move for 777X wing fabrication
ASC Process Systems has moved its 8.5 by 37m autoclave to Boeing's plant in Everett, WA, US, for 777X composite wing manufacture.

Exelis Aerostructures: Salt Lake City
Braided composite shafts and struts for aircraft are its specialty, but there’s much more to this Utah, US-based rising star.

Autoclaves for economical operation
In business since 1988, the autoclave specialists at Valencia, CA, US-based ASC Process Systems had three of its smaller products on the CAMX show floor but also highlighted the ASC-built autoclave — the world’s largest, with a working are of 9.14m by 22.86m — that now cures fuselage sections in Charleston, SC, US, for the Boeing Co.’s (Chicago, IL, US) 787 Dreamliner.

Plant tour: ATK Aerospace Structures, Clearfield, Utah
High-volume, high-precision fiber and tape placement for the aerospace industry are among many specialties for this composites manufacturing behemoth.

Multi-material rudder: Trailing-edge parts replaced
TCB Composite (West Haven, UT, US) molds replacment parts that keep legacy US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II fighter aircraft, affectionately dubbed Warthogs, in the air.

Albany Engineered Composites: Weaving the Future in 3-D
This 3-D weaver turned composite component supplier pursues a future in 3-D structures through continuous technology development.

Quatro buys autoclave
Quatro Composites, a leader in design and fabrication of advanced composite structures, has announced the acquisition of an additional autoclave manufactured by ASC Process Systems and an onsite freezer expansion to support its composite manufacturing business.

SAMPE Europe/JEC Composites 2009 preview
SAMPE Europe’s 30th annual spring conclave and the nearby JEC Composites Show characterize the latest in material and process technologies.

Boeing 787 Update
Approaching rollout and first flight, the 787 relies on innovations in composite materials and processes to hit its targets