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Solid carbide drill designed for aerospace composites
Sandvik Coromant’s CoroDrill 863 solid carbide drill with -O geometry has been designed to improve drilling consistency and performance on composite aerospace workpieces.
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IAI North America to build new headquarters in Virginia
Aerospace and defense company Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. is expanding its reach in North America with a new corporate headquarters location.
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Diab Group, SKAPS Ltd India partner to produce PET foam core
Diab and SKAPS will build a PET foam production plant in Ahmedabad, India to support growing demand for foam core by the country’s wind energy sector.
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Solvay joins TPRC as Tier 1 member
Solvay’s new thermoplastic composites centers in the U.S. and Belgium will work closely with the ThermoPlastic Composites Research Center on collaborative research.
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ACMA hosts third transportation and defense policy fly-in
Forty ACMA members met with nearly 100 members of Congress and staff to advance legislation enabling composites usage in the aerospace and automotive sectors.
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Toray creates world’s first porous carbon fiber with nano-sized continuous pore structure
Applications include lighter structures for batteries, H2 production and CO2 recycling.
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Arevo, AGC Inc. partner to provide 3D-printed composite parts manufacturing services in Japan
AGC will provide a manufacturing as a service platform using Arevo’s Aqua 3D printer, which prints aerospace-grade CF/PEEK thermoplastic composite parts.
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Siemens acquires MultiMechanics, adds material modeling to Simcenter
The acquisition adds MultiMechanics’ TRUE Multiscale failure prediction technology to Siemens’ Simcenter for composites design simulation.
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Arkema inaugurates Global Center of Excellence for 3D Printing in Normandy
The center is dedicated to additive manufacturing based on high-performance polymers, specifically powder bed fusion.
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Vectorply carbon fiber utilized in Corvette bumper beam
Vectorply’s noncrimp carbon fiber fabrics and software were used in the development of the pultruded carbon fiber bumper beam for the 2020 Corvette Stingray.
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Composite pole and fire shield successfully endure forest fire tests
The test was part of an initiative by RS Technologies Inc. to develop new test methods for fiber-reinforced utility poles.
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Chomarat carbon fiber reinforcement used in Arcona cruiser-racers
Chomarat’s C-PLY noncrimp fabrics were used for the hulls and decks of Arcona Yachts’ latest models, Arcona 435 and 465.
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