Aerospace
UK's Composites Engineering Show features latest in composites technology
Composites technologies for automotive, mass transit and aerospace abounded at the Composites Engineering Show in Birmingham, UK, Nov. 11-12.
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Recycled carbon fiber: Comparing cost and properties
Alex Edge, sales and business development manager for recycler ELG Carbon Fibre (Coseley, U.K.), says his company’s recycled carbon fiber (RCF) products can offer from 30 to 40 percent cost savings vs. virgin carbon fiber (VCF). Tim Rademacker, a managing director at competitor CFK Valley Recycling (Stade, Germany) cites savings of 20 to 30 percent.
Read MoreRecycled carbon fiber update: The supply side
Commercial recyclers aren’t alone in their pursuit of fiber reclamation. Textile converters have joined the effort.
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Recycled carbon fiber update: Closing the CFRP lifecycle loop
Commercial production of recycled carbon fiber currently outpaces applications for it, but materials characterization and new technology demonstrations promise to close the gap.
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Aerospace and automotive: Convergence on the horizon?
Guest columnist and composites industry consultant Dale Brosius reviews his own history with composites to support his contention that the once very different worlds of aerospace and automobile manufacture are not, as far as composites are concerned, so different anymore.
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Transparent composites
What does Apple see that might provide opportunity for future composites?
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NASA looking for new core half the areal weight of honeycomb and foam
Two $550K grants to be awarded for new lightweight cores research. Applications due by Dec. 16, 2014.
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Toray wins carbon fiber supply contract for Boeing 777X composite wings
Tokyo-based Toray, the world's largest manufacturer of carbon fiber, will expand its current contract for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to include the 777X composite wings.
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Graphene-toughened composites
Are we getting closer to commercialized, and functional, nanotechnology?
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Virgin Galactic: After the crash
Although the official cause of the crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo is not yet determined, the evidence seems to indicate premature deployment of the feathering system as the culprit. Virgin Galactic is moving forward with assembly of the second SpaceShipTwo, with lessons learned from the accident surely to be applied.
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