Aerospace
All-composite ROTORwing prototype UAV
Composites enable construction, and handle unique VTOL loads, of unmanned aerial vehicles’ helicopter-to-airplane conversion.
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Low-rate layup tools made cost-effective with high-density polyurethane foam blocks
Nemesis Air Racing, an air racing team and kit-plane company owned and operated by Jon and Patricia Sharp, use prebonded closed-cell, polyurethane foam blocks to build the Nemesis NXT.
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Mid-year assessment: Mergers and acquisitions activity in the composites industry
Michael Del Pero, an investment banker with FocalPoint Partners LLC, says the composites industry is ripe for mergers and acquisitions activities.
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Aerospace and industrial next-gen advanced composites: A two-way street?
The head of his own consulting company and the president of Dayton, Ohio-based Quickstep Composites, the U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Quickstep Technologies (Bankstown Airport, New South Wales), HPC columnist Dale Brosius sees “aerospace” and “industrial” innovation as a two-way street.
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Overnight design allowables? An invariant-based method for accelerating aerospace certification testing
Dr. Stephen Tsai, professor research emeritus in the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics at Stanford University, suggests a way to accelerate certification testing via “overnight design allowables.”
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High-performance vs. general purpose
Jeff Sloan notes the closing gap between “aerospace” and “industrial” composites.
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MTI Valve unveiled as innovative solution in resin infusion
New resin inlet valve touted as easy, low-cost way to ensure laminate compaction and “optimal” fiber volume fraction.
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World's first all-carbon RV
Built without mechanical fasteners and at approximately half the weight of conventional products, the CR-1 is impressive and designed by an impressive team.
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Automated cutting accelerates
Software/hardware advances and peripheral equipment make flatbed cutters essential to automated production scenarios.
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Electric-powered aircraft: good for composites suppliers
Electric-powered flight is nascent, but the promise is real, as is the opportunity for composites fabricators and suppliers.
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