A350
Composite-metal joining, braided preforms enable next-generation aircraft design
Collins Aerospace invests in new joining, preforming and infusion techniques to target aircraft design needs for reduced weight and lower-cost manufacture.
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Airbus delivers first A350 completed in China
More efficient fuel burn, a carbon fiber fuselage and wings and a quiet cabin take A350 orders well over 900.
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Adapting composites 3D printing to evolving needs
Continuous fiber printing pioneer increases print cell options, size, hybridization and simulation capability for expanded applications.
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175 composites editorials and counting
This is my 175th CW editorial. That’s 104,322 words. I created a word cloud to celebrate.
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Airbus updates single-aisle aircraft production plans
Per its expectations for a 2023-2025 commercial aircraft market recovery, Airbus confirms a rise in A320, A220 and A350 production rates.
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Axillium to support, manage U.K.’s ASCEND program
Innovation management partner Axillium explains its role in development of the Aerospace and Automotive Supply Chain Enabled Development (ASCEND) program launched in the U.K. in March 2021.
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The evolution of the commercial aerospace landscape
Following the grounding of the 737 and the downturn caused by the pandemic, Boeing finds itself a distant second to Airbus. What should it do?
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Airbus releases 2020 orders and deliveries
The company reports 383 new orders and 566 deliveries in 2020 across all market segments.
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AFP tow steering comes of age, Part 1: Current state
It used to be enough that AFP systems could precisely and quickly place and cut multiple tows to build complex aerostructures. Now, fabricators need those tows steered, and the tighter the radius, the better.
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Composite aerostructures in the emerging urban air mobility market
In the not too distant future, point-to-point, limited-distance, piloted and autonomous air travel for people and cargo will be the norm. Composites will make it possible.
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