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Acciona Energía’s Forty Mile wind farm begins operations
The renewable energy company’s largest wind facility built to date in North America features 49 Nordex turbines each with a capacity of 5.7 megawatts.
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Aerospace manufacturing innovations demonstrate the future of aerocomposites
CAMX 2025: Attendees are able to explore several of NIAR ATLAS’ prototype developments in person, highlighting tool-less space manufacturing, AI-enabled inspection and repair and thermoplastic overmolding.
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Noncontact optical strain gage delivers complete 3D surface measurement insight
CAMX 2025: The Aramis system by Trilion, based on DIC and photogrammetry technology, performs high-precision measurements in the sub-micrometer range, across a wide range of testing environments and material types.
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LFAM specialization caters to 3D printed composite tooling, molds
CAMX 2025: AES is committed to driving technological advancement and application development in 3D printing, distinguishing its diverse capabilities through several tooling examples.
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Canyon Bicycle FRP handlebars optimized via fully integrated injection molding system by Engel
Engel tie-bar-less Victory 180 and partner support has created a completely automated production environment for manufacturing hollow composite bicycle components quickly and efficiently.
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Wichita State, Dassault Systèmes open Manufacturing Innovation Center
Aviation companies of all sizes will be able to improve their resilience and efficiency via the center’s virtual design, automation and additive manufacturing capabilities.
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McLaren Automotive celebrates 1995 win with special edition 750S coupe
Celebratory 750S super car pays homage to McLaren’s 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans win, featuring a host of additional composite component innovations, color choices and other vehicle enhancements.
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Instron launches AVE3 noncontact video extensometer
Leveraging CDAT airflow technology and dynamic lighting, the AVE3 delivers a virtually noise-free strain signal, guarding against typical air disturbances when measuring materials in the lab.
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Dow to sell 50% ownership in DowAksa carbon fiber JV
Dow agrees to sell half of its interest in DowAksa to its 50/50 joint venture partner Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii A.Åž. in an effort to focus more on core, high-value downstream businesses.
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Archer pilots Midnight, advances to next phase of flight testing
Flight operations tested the composites-intensive aircraft’s VTOL and CTOL capabilities, important for its civil and defense operations.
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CactuX in-situ BOX simulates real-life conditions of composite samples during CT analysis
The autonomous in-situ BOX combines the environment temperature control function and power supply function, enabling new possibilities for material and internal structure research.
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The AMRC announces U.K. open-access TPC tape development
Dedicated research platform, available to businesses and researchers at the AMRC’s Factory of the Future facility, features Cygnet Texkimp’s hybrid line and tape slitter on a pilot scale.
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