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Filament winding software focuses on efficiency, precision
JEC World 2024: Roth Composite Machinery is co-exhibiting with partner mefex GmbH to present new developments to its µRoWin software for automated filament winding.
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Markforged optimizes 3D-printed part performance with Performance Advisor
The physics-based analysis method is use case independent, automatically providing print settings that will give users options to increase part strength while optimizing for cost and print time.
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China’s Sany Renewable rolls out 131-meter wind blade
Sany reports that it has adopted an optimized airfoil design with greater thickness and a blunt trailing edge to augment strength and stability.
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FET awarded £50,000 AMPI grant for spinneret research
With the help of four universities, computational fluid dynamics studies will be conducted to develop more efficient version of FET’s synthetic polymer processing equipment.
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Rein4ced, Dieffenbacher automate large-scale production of CFRP bike frames
A synergistic alliance combining Dieffenbacher’s production automation with Rein4ced’s hybrid Feather composite led to fully automated bike frame production line, which will be expanded to other composite products.
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Bombardier forms academic partnership for pan-Canadian EcoJet project
As flight testing ramps up its second phase, University of Victoria Centre for Aerospace Research (CfAR) and British Columbia’s SME Quaternion Aerospace will help explore the blended wing body aircraft configuration and new technologies to reduce business jets emission by up to 50%.
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BriskHeat celebrates 75 years in the industrial heating industry
Founded in 1949, BriskHeat has evolved to serve customers globally, providing flexible surface and immersion heating products, controllers and insulators.
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Sonichem launches bio-based materials project for automotive
U.K. initiative, with the NCC, CPI, SHD Composites, Scott Bader and Polestar will work to convert biomass byproduct into lignin for automotive plastics, resins and composites.
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Artemis Technologies to test electric CTVs for offshore wind
Real-world demonstrations in the U.K. will prove the Artemis EF-24 CTVs capability to operate safely under extreme wind and tide conditions for wind farm operators.
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SAMPE nomination awards are open until Feb. 15th
Industry has the opportunity to honor individuals or chapters that have demonstrated excellence, commitment and innovation to the composites community.
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Fire protection materials for pultrusion, 3D printing
JEC World 2024: The Lehvoss Group presents fire-resistant composite materials for transportation and other industries, including their using in 3D printing, toolmaking and other process examples.
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Mito Material adds Ligra liquified graphene to product lineup
Chemically inert aqueous graphene solution can be readily dispersed through coatings, emulsions and sizing chemistries, highlighted through Vartega FenixFiber+.
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