Aerospace
Managing the composite material supply chain: The Demand Aggregation Imperative
Guest columnist Trevor Stansbury, founder and president of Supply Dynamics (Cincinnati, Ohio), emphasizes the Demand Aggregation Imperative.
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Out-of-autoclave manufacturing: The green solution
Regular HPC columnist Dale Brosius calls attention to the environmental benefits of out-of-autoclave processing.
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Composites repair
As more composite materials find a place on aircraft, boats, bridges and hundreds of other applications where part replacement is both difficult and expensive, OEM engineers are considering the repairability of structural and secondary composite components during the initial design phase of a project.
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Materials Genome Initiative: Impact on Composites
Promising outlook offered by hands-on source.
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SPE ACCE 2013 Review
The SPE’s annual Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition gets a bigger venue, an expanded program and its best attendance ever.
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Mechanized arm speeds sanding while reducing injuries
EMMA being used by Boeing, Airbus and now a large wind blade manufacturer.
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Bombardier sheds light on Learjet 85 composites manufacturing
Bombardier composites expert Pierre Harter talked in detail at SAMPE Tech about where and how composites were used on the forthcoming Learjet 85.
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Nippon Carbon (Tokyo, Japan), GE Aviation (Newark, Del.) and Snecma (Courcouronnes, France) have banded together to form NGS Advanced Fibers Co. Ltd.
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A350 & A400M wing spars: A study in contrasts
In three short years, GKN Aerospace has taken its wing spar manufacturing strategies to new heights by dramatically reducing part weight, process complexity and production-cycle duration.
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Nondestructive inspection: Better, faster and cheaper
Faced with new time and cost pressures, NDI system suppliers are integrating inspection with manufacturing to reduce its share in part cost and cycle time.
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