Automation
Natilus expands to San Diego’s Brown Field for autonomous aircraft manufacture
Natilus 12,000-square-foot facility includes hangar, runway and engineering for final assembly and testing for family of composites-intensive autonomous cargo aircraft.
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Composites supply chain and production disruptions – how can AI and digitalization help?
Digitizing and creating the factory of the future is a journey, but it has the potential to help composites manufacturers address real-life disruptions and enable fast replanning of production operations for increased flexibility and enterprise-level performance.
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Cycling forward with bike frame materials and processes
Fine-tuning of conventional materials and processes characterizes today’s CFRP bicycle frame manufacturing, whether in the large factories of Asia or at reshored facilities in North America and Europe. Thermoplastic resins and automated processes are on the horizon, though likely years away from high-volume production levels.
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Saint-Gobain, Roctool join efforts to boost composite 3D textile preform parts manufacturing
3D automated knitted preform layup technology and heat and cooling technologies for additional curing efficiency open a new window of application opportunities for composite and thermoplastic parts.
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Cevotec commissions advanced SAMBA Pro Prepreg system with six-axis robots to Leonardo
A system first with two six-axis robots for tool manipulation and patch placement, increasing the capabilities to process larger, more complex part geometries for composite aerostructure applications.
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Haydale Graphene awarded Innovate UK grant to develop smart composite tooling
The ESENSE project aims to replace costly autoclave processes with a multi-zone OOA self-heated tooling solution, potentially cutting lead times by 20%, energy by 15% and halving the cost of autoclave manufacturing.
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Middle River Aerostructure Systems deploys Plataine AI-based optimization software
Material management, nesting and cutting are now digitally integrated and managed automatically in MRAS facility for complete, streamlined production processes.
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Airborne automated, digital manufacturing projects backed by €16 million in EIB financing
Airborne is involved in several projects with global partners to develop and commercialize new composites automation opportunities in electric mobility, New Space, aerospace and hydrogen markets.
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Magnum Venus Products expands international distribution network
Addition of Norwegian distributor, Hans Claussen AS will provide industrial equipment for open, closed molding processes, adhesive applications and automation solutions.
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Automated, continuous processes for high-volume automotive and defense components
Thunder Composite Technologies uses its automated pultrusion, RTM and other processes to produce custom-engineered composite parts for automotive and land defense vehicles.
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