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HAIZEEKO project studies coatings, smart monitoring and eco-design for offshore wind structures
Offshore wind blades and towers are consistently exposed to extreme environments, requiring novel material and technology solutions to improve their efficiency, sustainability and durability.
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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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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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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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During CW Tech Days: Thermoplastics for Large Structures, experts explored the materials and processing technologies that are enabling the transition to large-part manufacturing.
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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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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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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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Acquisition joins MPM Group and Lamplas GFRP, composite molding expertise
MPM Group’s strategic alignment of the two businesses will build enhanced capability, technical expertise and broader market reach in the U.K.
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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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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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Modular approach to material card development of composites
Forward Engineering GmbH walks through a modular testing and simulation approach for automotive/aviation composites enabling more accurate material selection earlier in the design phase.
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Next-gen fan blades: Hybrid twin RTM, printed sensors, laser shock disassembly
MORPHO project demonstrates blade with 20% faster RTM cure cycle, uses AI-based monitoring for improved maintenance/life cycle management and proves laser shock disassembly for recycling.
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Troubleshooting thermoplastic composite stamp forming
Understand the basic science of TPC stamp forming, a manufacturing process steadily gaining momentum in aerospace and mobility applications thanks to its rapid forming, short cycle times and automated methods.
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Cutting 100 pounds, certification time for the X-59 nose cone
Swift Engineering used HyperX software to remove 100 pounds from 38-foot graphite/epoxy cored nose cone for X-59 supersonic aircraft.
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