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Automating NDT for CFRP aerostructures

Robotic laser shearography enables 100% inspection of complex, flight-critical composite structures.

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Glass Fibers

University of Utah receives $4 million dollar grant to advance state’s composites industry

Through this DOD-OEA grant, an extensive analysis will be undertaken to map Utah’s entire carbon composites supply chain.

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Aerospace

Plant Tour: Tri-Mack Plastics Manufacturing, Bristol, RI, US

Precision thermoplastics parts manufacturer expands into hybrid composites to help meet OEM demand for higher performance while trimming weight, cost and lead times.

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Carbon Fibers

Aerospace and industrial composites: Now on divergent paths?

The aerospace and industrial markets’ advanced composites challenges and their solutions will differ widely.

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Prepregs

Two-stage tape layup: Access cuts/Atlas 2 lays up

A legacy 1980s technology builds visionary Dreamliner wingskins.

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Out of Autoclave

Size-unlimited OOA composite process enables next-gen system

United Launch Alliance selects Ruag Space for lower cost/improved quality out-of-autoclave manufacture of Vulcan’s composite primary structures.

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Wind/Energy

CAMX 2016 Show Report

The 3rd annual joint ACMA/SAMPE-sponsored trade event comes to Anaheim with an exhibition and conference program attractive to professionals across the composites world.

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Automated Dynamics installs laser heating system at University

It will help provide the next generation of engineers exposure to the types of processes and technologies that will advance the composites industry.

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Defense

20 years of automating composites

Accudyne Systems provides solutions to complex processing challenges, like its recent Small Parts Laminator that picks, places and forms plies in one minute.

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Composites 4.0

Get ready for Composites 4.0!

It might seem like science fiction, but it must be our path if we are to make composites competitive.

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