Aeroengines
JEC World 2018 preview: Hexcel
Hexcel (Hall 5, J41) is featuring products for customer applications in aerospace, automotive, wind energy and marine markets.
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Safran and Albany inaugurate new LEAP engine fan blade plant
The Mexico facility is the two companies’ third joint manufacturing plant to make composite parts for the LEAP aircraft engine.
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FACC to supply engine fan cases for Pratt & Whitney
The fan cases, which FACC will manufacture in hybrid metal/composite construction, will be used on various business jets.
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Airbus rolls out first A321neo ACF
The A321neo ACF is powered by CFM LEAP-1 engines and seats up to 240 passengers.
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CAMX 2017: Award winners, notable technologies
Awards for Composites Excellence and CAMX Awards winners from CAMX 2017, the SAMPE Lubin Award winner, and a smattering of other technologies from the show.
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Bell V-280 Valor takes first flight
The V-280 program brings together the engineering resources and industrial capabilities of Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin, GE, Moog, IAI, TRU Simulation & Training, Astronics, Eaton, GKN Aerospace, Lord, Meggitt and Spirit AeroSystems.
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Australian research group launches carbon fiber manufacturing
CSIRO has begun manufacture of Australia’s first carbon fiber sourced entirely from materials produced in the country. Fiber quality is automotive grade, but the organization has its sights set on aerospace grade material.
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V-22 Osprey exceeds 400,000 flight hours
The composites-intensive V-22 Osprey tilrotor aircraft, in service since 2007, has logged more than 400,000 flight hours in theaters throughout the world.
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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.
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DSM, Toyota Motorsport sign technology partnership
TMG will develop and pilot new engineering solutions using DSM high performance materials and products for potential application in the automotive industry.
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