Aerospace
Aerocomposites: The move to multifunctionality
Designers envision aircraft components that do more than bear structural loads, but must first confront great complexities to actualize greater functional efficiency.
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Re-dressing aeroengines with composite pipes
Sigma Lite braided carbon fiber/thermoplastic pipe cuts jet engine weight yet meets challenging design and manufacturing requirements.
Read MoreComposite aeroengine dressing to wing driveshafts, SHM and more
For Sigma Precision Components (Hinckley, UK), composite pipe for jet engine dressing could be only the beginning.
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GE Aviation to build ceramic matrix composite factories
One plant will be the first U.S.-based factory to produce SiC ceramic fiber on a large industrial scale.
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CW Business Index at 44.6 — Contraction again in September
Steve Kline, Jr., the director of market intelligence for Gardner Business Media Inc. (Cincinnati, OH, US), the publisher of ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ magazine, reviews the ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ Business Index through September 2015.
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Is it time for carbon fiber manufacturers to cooperate?
In anticipation of ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ's 2015 iteration of its annual Carbon Fiber conference, set for December, CW editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan looks ahead to the future as he recalls some tough questions about carbon fiber standardization posed by last year's keynote speaker.
Read MoreNCDMM, Ingersoll, Orbital ATK complete automated composites inspection system
The Automated Composite Structure Inspection System achieved a defect detection rate of up to 99.7% on aircraft components produced via automated fiber placement.
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New 250°F/120°C No Oven No Autoclave epoxy
Designed for room-temp infusion and filament winding with 2-hr no-heat-added cure or 15-30 min heated cure without post-cure for flexible processing of marine, industrial and energy structures.
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Infusion enthusiasm
Although CW didn't attend the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh in 2015, we did learn about an infusion demo that was the largest ever accomplished at the fly-in event.
Read MoreGeneral aviation heats up at Oshkosh
The Experimental Aircraft Assn.’s (EAA) 2015 AirVenture Oshkosh drew an estimated 550,000 visitors, 2% more than in 2014, and recorded more than 10,000 show-related aircraft arrivals and hosted 2,668 official showplanes and 800 exhibitors.
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