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Flexible, automatic NDT platform for manufacturing composites
IRT Jules Verne, working with Airbus, Daher and French consortium developed a mobile robotic inspection platform that uses less space, water
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GMI Aero equipment supports Lufthansa Technical Training courses
Equipment like the Anita 4.0 and Leslie machining toolkit are now being included in Lufthansa’s aerospace-focused composites repair training courses.
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Creative Composites Group adds FRP pipe pile sizes to StormStrong offerings
FRP pipe piles give engineers more design flexibility to meet the needs of increasing infrastructure activity and government initiatives for sustainable construction.
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Modular, hybrid machining centers with intelligence for complex composites
Machine Tool Camp’s purpose-built systems combine CNC machine centers and robots with specialized machining tools, clamping and configuration, automating steps before and after, including data integration, to empower manufacturers for the future.
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Composite morphing wing advances intelligent, gap-free, step-free movement for greater efficiency
Within the morphAIR project, the DLR Institute for Lightweight Construction has completed ground testing and finalized the first HyTEM morphing wing as it prepares for flight test on its PROTEUS unmanned aircraft.
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PHOEBUS project makes progress on CFRP liquid oxygen, hydrogen upper stage tanks
The ESA project has proven that linerless CFRP tanks for Ariane 6 rocket can handle the extreme temperatures of liquid H2 and O2, and are moving on to testing campaign for 2-meter and 3.5-meter tanks in 2026.
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CUBIC project meeting reports progress on novel biomaterials for circular composites
In early October, the CUBIC consortium held meetings to discuss current progress and upcoming strategies, toured DITF’s research facilities and joined a training session on bio-based carbon fiber development from lignin.
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Fabrum, AMSL Aero and Stralis Aircraft successfully fill LH2 composite aviation tanks
Australian/New Zealand team makes significant step forward in the transition to zero-emission aviation.
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NIAR video documents how FPP advances aerocomposites manufacturing
Using its Cevotec Sambo Pro system, the institution offers an instructional video for fiber patch placement (FPP) design, optimization and manufacturing of small complex parts at high rates.
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DLR exhibits full-scale CFRP liquid hydrogen tank test item for zero-emission aviation
The German Aerospace Center Institute for Lightweight Systems exhibits 1.9-meter autoclave infusion composite structure as part of LUFO UpLift project aiming for LH2 as part of short-haul aircraft propulsion by 2040.
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3D Fiber Tethering for rapid fabrication of continuous fiber composites
CarbonForm’s 3DFit technology combines robotic, continuous fiber 3D printing and winding to produce small, high-strength, complex parts — like drone frames — in as little as 10 minutes.
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AVK announces 2025 Innovation Awards for fiber-reinforced plastics
Highlighted innovations include an aircraft heating system using carbon fibers, TFP-based spatial CFRP structure frame, processes for recycling GFRP, UD TPC tapes and engineered polymers and more.
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