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LM Wind Power to close Little Rock wind blade plant
Production to consolidate in North Dakota facility as industry moves toward bigger blades.
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Cevotec upgrades SAMBA Fiber Patch Placement cells for production of large aerostructures
New features enable increased efficiency for curved structures using biaxial and quasi-isotropic laminates.
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Composite 3D printing allows damage detection in aerospace and construction
Using Anisoprint 3D printers, a materials research center in the Netherlands has developed 3D-printed composite parts with self-sensing functionality.
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Welded thermoplastic composite keel beam demonstrator achieved
EURECAT and partner companies complete Clean Sky 2 KEELBEMAN project, demonstrating TRL3 primary structure technology for future aircraft.
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Italian research agency fights COVID-19 with smart shelters using biocomposites
SOS Smart Operating Shelter project offers fast-build mobile healthcare structures using natural fiber/biopolymer sandwich panels.
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3D printing large composite molds with a 5-axis CNC machine
Hungarian manufacturer uses CEAD Robot Extruder to cut composite tooling time and cost.
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CETMA: composites R&D and innovation in Italy
From design and simulation to inline inspection, induction welding, continuous compression molding and recycled carbon fiber, this lab to support industry is advancing composites in aerospace, automotive, construction and more.
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AFRL evaluates braiding, SMP tooling and VARTM for lower-cost future engine inlet ducts
U.S. Air Force and Ohio-based composites team develop new process for S-shaped aerostructure.
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Strukton Civiel and FiberCore Europe cooperate to retrofit concrete bridges with composite FRP decks
SUREbridge offers sustainable, cost-saving strengthening for outdated bridges.
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Composites industry response to the coronavirus pandemic, Part 1
A compilation of ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ’s coverage of how the pandemic has affected the composites industry, through March 31, 2020.
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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
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Revolutionizing the composites cost paradigm, Part 1: Feedstock
Highly-aligned, short-fiber Tailorable Universal Feedstock for Forming achieves aerospace properties, metal-like formability in zero-waste, fiber-to-parts pilot plant.
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