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High-speed, 3D winding of large, complex-shaped composites
Cygnet Texkimp is translating decades of fiber-handling and processing know-how into machinery that opens new opportunities for composites manufacturing.
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Software has a critical role in certification of composite designs for aerospace
Despite the many advantages that come with using composites materials in aerospace applications, designing weight-bearing structures from these materials remains a significant challenge.
Read MoreWeber demonstrating heating, cooling capabilities of its molds
Weber Manufacturing Technologies (Midland, ON, Canada), exhibiting in booth H52, is showing a nickel vapor deposition (NVD) mold for a Class A automotive body panel, demonstrating the tool’s rapid heating and cooling capabilities.
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Charles Browning wins SAMPE Lubin Award
The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE, Diambond Bar, CA) has named Dr.
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Recycling VOCs
Passive reactor turns styrene and phenol/formaldehyde fumes into carbon dioxide and water.
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A total eclipse of the sun
The humbling, startling, dusky, stunning unreality of a total eclipse of the sun.
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Aviation’s big US show: Oshkosh 2017 highlights
The 2017 edition of the Experimental Aircraft Assn.’s (EAA) AirVenture airshow event, held in Oshkosh, WI, US, from July 24 – 30, was another blockbuster.
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Episode 8: Ryan Huth, GE Aviation
Ryan Huth, manager of ceramic matrix composites (CMC) production at GE Aviation’s Asheville, NC facility, talks about CMC technology, GE Aviation's CMC parts production and the future of both.
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NASCAR to debut new composite body at Richmond Raceway
XFINITY Series teams to have flange-fit composite body option in 2017.
WatchCAMX 2017 preview: DUNA-USA
DUNA-USA Inc. (Baytown, TX, US) is debuting its BLACK CORINTHO HT 800 high- temperature tooling board, which offers low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) at temperatures up to 400°F, coupled with high thermal conductivity for reducing oven and autoclave cycle times.
Read MoreCAMX 2017 preview: Copps Industries/CompositeTechs
Copps Industries (Mequon, WI, US) and CompositeTechs LLC (Amesbury, MA, US) are emphasizing work they did together to promote development of a new series of high-performance epoxy formulations.
Read MoreCAMX 2017 preview: Applied Graphene Materials
Applied Graphene Materials UK Ltd. (AGM, Cleveland, UK) is featuring its synthesized nanoplatelets (A-GNPs).
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