Design & Tooling
Plasmatreat’s Elgin, Illinois lab fully operational, open for collaborative projects
The company extends its atmospheric plasma technology to the Midwest and offers advanced surface modification and testing capabilities.
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Improving hail impact resistance of discontinuous thermoplastic composite parts
Greene Tweed examines failure behavior, identifying key factors for improvement and demonstrating sufficient design for complex-shaped aeroengine components.
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Development of fracture mechanics test methods for sandwich composites: An update
An update on the CMH-17 Sandwich Disbond Working Group’s sandwich SCB test and two additional sandwich composite fracture mechanics test methods under development.
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Kaneka, Janicki reveal study results for TP2230 BMI tooling prepreg
Lowering cure temperatures without compromising durability, Kaneka Aerospace BMI prepreg TP2230 offers aerospace manufacturers a pathway to reduce tooling costs and lead times while maintaining high-temperature capability.
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CMH-17 updates composites data, will publish new Volume 7 on additive manufacturing
The Composite Materials Handbook-17 is publishing new data and industry best practices, helping to fill the aerospace industry’s growing knowledge transfer gap and support advanced materials and structures.
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Purdue, AnalySwift launch CompositesAI platform to democratize air mobility structure design
CompositesAI integrates with AnalySwift’s VABS and SwiftComp software to streamline the design, simulation and performance evaluation of composite structures — especially rotor blades, shells and panels.
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Siemens, Ducati extend partnership to advance innovation
Siemens Xcelerator Platform helps extend racing innovation to production bikes, reduces time for complex composite parts and enables remote design/3D printing at track, digital twin and faster development.
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Siemens adds AI to Simcenter Testlab, reinventing modal testing and analysis
Simcenter Testlab, already used with composites, now uses intelligent test automation and AI assistance to execute physical testing workflows faster, smarter and earlier in structural design programs.
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Putting next-generation composite materials, processes to the test
Research at Faserinstitut Bremen’s ECOMAT site, alongside industry partners, aims to enable sustainable, aerospace-focused composites — including thermoplastic welding and cryogenic material testing.
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Addcomposites releases free professional composites design software suite
Browser-based tools eliminate $320,000 annual licensing barriers, making advanced composite engineering accessible to 50,000-plus engineers and educational institutions worldwide.
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