Composites 4.0: Digital transformation, adaptive production, new paradigms
An evolving landscape of automation, sensors and AI software is not an end, but a means to achieve the cost, quality, efficiency and agility required for future manufacturing.
Ginger Gardiner
Senior Editor, CompositesWorld
Magnum Venus products launches fusion filament winder
Ideal for winding pressure vessels, the Fusion filament winder is a compact, adaptable design.
Composite output shaft ready for automotive proving ground
Unlike automotive driveshafts, automotive output shafts cannot leverage shaft length as a factor when making the case for composites. Instead, other beneficial features have made a composite output shaft able to compete with metal shafts, especially in electric vehicles.
#electricvehicles #bmw #focusondesign
JEC Group announces 2020 Innovation Awards winners
The 13 winners were announced during a virtual ceremony on May 13.
#trends #sustainability #bulkmoldingcompound
ITHEC 2020 finalizes technical program
Agenda includes emerging technologies, welding, a panel discussion and the new Advanced Thermoplastic Composite 3D Printing Forum.
#sustainability #spreadtow
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Composites 4.0: Digital transformation, adaptive production, new paradigms
An evolving landscape of automation, sensors and AI software is not an end, but a means to achieve the cost, quality, efficiency and agility required for future manufacturing.
#feature #automation #composites4_0
Videos / Podcasts
FAURECIA to supply hydrogen storage systems for 1,600 Hyundai heavy-duty trucks
Delivery of 10,000 composite tanks proves industrialization strategy of 20% lower weight, 50% lower cost components
#electricvehicles #electronics #stelia
Solvay showcases low-cost prepreg and parts approach using Cygnet Texkimp filament winder
High-speed, tailored preforms are used with Solvay double diaphragm forming (DDF) and compression molding to produce cost-effective, medium-volume auto and aero parts.
#spreadtow #bmw #outofautoclave
Albany International acquires CirComp GmbH
German innovator in RTM will help Albany Engineered Composites accelerate technology development in thermoplastic composites
#f-35 #cuttingtools #787
Corebon expands induction-based composites production into new facility
Results for cutting CFRP cycle time to be presented at Carbon Fiber 2019 conference.
#hprtm #adhesives #cuttingtools
Innovating energy delivery for more efficient composites manufacturing
Heraeus Noblelight develops HUMM3 and Black IR technologies for faster, safer, more uniform processing.
#peek #cleansky #layup
Filament wound utility poles offer design flexibility
In Turkey, a utility pole manufacturer combines filament winding, automation, glass and carbon fiber composites to expand its product line.
#insidemanufacturing #infrastructure #sustainability
AeroLas explores new spinning technology for thermoplastic hybrid yarn
AeroLas is working to combine recycled carbon fiber with PEEK using adapted art textile machines and a patented air guided ring spinning technology.
#braiding #peek #weaving
Composite output shaft ready for automotive proving ground
Unlike automotive driveshafts, automotive output shafts cannot leverage shaft length as a factor when making the case for composites. Instead, other beneficial features have made a composite output shaft able to compete with metal shafts, especially in electric vehicles.
#electricvehicles #bmw #focusondesign
JEC Group announces 2020 Innovation Awards winners
The 13 winners were announced during a virtual ceremony on May 13.
#trends #sustainability #bulkmoldingcompound
ITHEC 2020 finalizes technical program
Agenda includes emerging technologies, welding, a panel discussion and the new Advanced Thermoplastic Composite 3D Printing Forum.
#sustainability #spreadtow
Toyota and Hino agree to develop heavy-duty fuel cell truck using composite storage tanks
Type IV tanks will help provide 600-kilometer range and meet commercial vehicle requirements
#toyota #planttours #trends
FAURECIA to supply hydrogen storage systems for 1,600 Hyundai heavy-duty trucks
Delivery of 10,000 composite tanks proves industrialization strategy of 20% lower weight, 50% lower cost components
Employment Opportunity: Senior Applications Engineer, Materia
Materia is seeking a Senior Applications Engineer for advanced composites applications.
Solvay showcases low-cost prepreg and parts approach using Cygnet Texkimp filament winder
High-speed, tailored preforms are used with Solvay double diaphragm forming (DDF) and compression molding to produce cost-effective, medium-volume auto and aero parts.
Composite T-boom accelerates industrial automation
A manufacturing method that integrates filament winding with axil winding of 0-degree fibers opens new design options in industrial automated equipment.
#focusondesign #layup #polyacrylonitrile
NEW PRODUCTS: FILAMENT WINDING
Magnum Venus products launches fusion filament winder
Ideal for winding pressure vessels, the Fusion filament winder is a compact, adaptable design.
Polygon PolySlide composite tubing replaces metal for pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders
The filament-wound glass fiber composite tubing exhibits high strength, dimensional stability and resistance to corrosion.
Roth offers filament winding automation, prepreg and towpreg equipment
Roth Composite Machinery is showcasing its competences in filament winding, prepreg and organic sheet production.
Optima 3D launches next-generation 3D weaving machines for composites
Digital control and innovative shuttle system enable rapid parameter and sequence change for net shape preforms, billets, para beams and more.
#weaving
Cygnet Texkimp launches four-axis filament winding machine
Cygnet Texkimp recently launched a four-axis filament winder, adding an accessible filament winding option to its lineup while retaining specialized features.
JEC World 2019 preview: Roth Composite Machinery
Roth Composite Machinery (Steffenberg, Germany, 5/D39) is featuring its competences in filament winding, prepreg and organic sheet production.