Hannah Mason

Hannah Mason Technical Editor

Aerospace

Royal Aeronautical Society awards 2019 Lawrence Hargrave Award to Murray Scott

The Royal Aeronautical Society Australian Division has announced Professor Murray Leslie Scott as the 2019 winner of the biennial Lawrence Hargrave Award.

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Carbon Fibers

Boeing 777X debut may face delays

Recent news reports have said that this week’s debut of the Boeing 777X jetliner has been postponed. 

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NDT

Great Bay Community College to host training session for nondestructive testing professionals

Great Bay Community College will be hosting nondestructive testing (NDT) expert Toni Bailey, for a training session on March 26, 2019, for NDT professionals working in the aerospace industry.

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CRP Technology revises commercial strategy for Windform materials

CRP Technology has announced that it will no longer sell its Windform composite materials to service bureaus for the toll-manufacture of 3D printing components. 

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Aerospace

SpaceX crew capsule returns to Earth after successful flight test

The SpaceX Crew Dragon successfully parachuted to Earth on March 8, 2019, marking the end of Demo-1, NASA’s first commercial crew flight test.

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Curing

Sartomer launches in-house electron beam labs for EB curing

The electron beam lab units are meant to enable customers to develop and test EB curing formulations on a small scale using Sartomer’s advanced liquid resin solutions.

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Williams Advanced Engineering introduces processes for cost-effective carbon fiber composites

The company’s two latest technologies, 223 and Racetrak, are said to be a step-change in the affordability of composite materials.

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Core

Armacell to reach landmark of 1 billion recycled PET bottles this year

The landmark has been achieved through the growth of the company’s patented recycled PET foam core technology and product portfolio.

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Infrastructure

Army partners with Lockheed Martin to develop new materials for defense applications

The Army Research Laboratory and Lockheed Martin Corp. are partnering to create new materials for defense optical technology and protective coatings.

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Fortify and DSM partner to develop high-performance composite materials for 3D printing

The partnership combine’s Fortify’s manufacturing platform and fiber processing experience with DSM’s 3D printing experience and resins.

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Teijin develops multi-material, lightweight automotive side door module

The module is made from carbon fiber sheet molded compound (SMC), glass fiber SMC and unidirectional glass fiber-reinforced plastics (GFRP) to offer both high strength and low weight.

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GE partners with Clemson University to open new additive manufacturing lab

The lab is part of GE’s strategic partnership with Clemson University. It will be available for use by Clemson faculty, staff and students.

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