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Out of Autoclave

ÂÌñÏׯÞ's story planning journey

Automotive materials and process innovation in the driver’s seat.

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Video: Six-axis robotic arm 3D printing glass fiber composites

Atropos is a new six-axis robotic arm that was developed in collaboration with KUKA and Owens Corning.

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Ford assesses SMC/prepreg suspension knuckle to replace metal

Ford Motor Co.'s Dunton Technical Centre in the UK has developed an SMC/compression molded carbon fiber replacement for a steel suspension knuckle. The part has production viability.

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3D printed tools are in production at Dassault Falcon Jet

The trend of employing polymeric additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing for composite tooling is growing.

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Carbon Fibers

Collaboration produces winning paddleboard

Design, and design for manufacturability, come together in this racing SUP for one-off and serial production.

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Weaving

Accelerating materials insertion: Where do virtual allowables fit?

In the quest to reduce the time and cost for aerocomposite design allowables development, will conventional physical testing and virtual testing go head-to-head or work side-by-side?

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Automotive

Curved pultrusion? No longer an oxymoron

Radius-Pultrusion process offers linear or curved profiles.

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CAMX

Ceramic matrix composites: Hot engine solution

Disruptive designs for composites operation in 1093°C zones.

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Hi-Temp Resins

Commercialization of CMCs and developments for next-gen performance

As industrial production of parts begins, new developments offer promise for higher-temperature and more damage-tolerant ceramic matrix composite (CMCs).

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Biomaterials

Wait, wait, there’s more: JEC 2017

There’s never enough time to see everything at the JEC World event, and this year the problem was even worse. Here’s more information on new products and companies, from Paris…

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Thermoset nylon?

Chemical company INVISTA has developed a new material, called nylon 1,6, that exhibits characteristics of a thermoset material.

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RTM

Multimaterialism is back in the Audi A8

Audi shares details about the use of carbon fiber composites, steel, aluminum and magnesium in the Audi Space Frame (ASF) for the next-generation A8.

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