Design & Tooling

Pultrusion

Guill expands expertise to pultrusion dies for industries using FRP

The Guill Extrusion Division enters the pultrusion market with a line of custom-engineered pultrusion tooling solutions.

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Sensors

Plastic injection to composite overmolding: Evolving mold design for lightweight manufacturing

Hybrid molding is increasing for faster, high-volume production of more integrated parts, but success requires process knowledge which includes new mold developments as processes converge.      

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Matlantis report indicates AI turning point for materials science

Industry report, based on a survey of 300 U.S. researchers, finds materials and engineering R&D at an AI inflection point, signaling an urgent need for faster, trusted tools.

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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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Aerospace

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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Molds/Tools

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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