Aerospace
Boeing begins 777X production
The Boeing company (Everett, WA, US) kicked off production of the 777X aircraft with a company ceremony on October 23. The “reveal” included a video of the composite wing spars.
Read MoreBlue Origin's BE-4 engine successfully fired
Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine has reported that Blue Origin (Kent, WA, US) has completed its first successful hotfire test of a full-scale methane-fueled BE-4 rocket engine.
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Airlander targets tourist transport
The lighter-than-air, composites-intensive Airlander 10 will be outfitted for tourist travel to difficult-to-reach destinations.
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Jesse Garant Metrology Center launches CT inspection service
The exclusive technology will also provide useful analyses for composites manufacturing.
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Delta Airlines installs LEWCO composite curing oven
The curing oven will be used to manufacture parts for Delta’s airplane cabins.
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Airbus A330neo completes maiden flight
Development on track for A330-900 entry into service in the middle of 2018.
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Carbon-Kevlar Hinge
Besting metal hardware in weight, thickness, 3X load capacity and 1 million fatigue cycles with no degradation.
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Tackling the traceability of composite materials
Have you ever looked outside an airplane window during in-flight turbulence and wondered how strong the wings really are and how much load they can take?
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Automated preforming: Intelligent automation in pick-and-place systems
Layups go industrial with hand-like grippers that can fold fabric or prepreg into corners and robot-mounted cameras that inspect from fabric to cut plies to fiber gaps in final preforms.
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Composites and Industry 4.0: Where are we?
As the tide of the Fourth Industrial Revolution rolls in, how will composite manufacturers ride the wave?
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