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Parts consolidation key to lower cost composites
Reducing part count creates new engineering challenges.
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Fiber Placement The Centerpiece Of NCAM
Cryogenic composites just one facet of Lockheed Martins National Center for Advanced Manufacturing.
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Schooner features carbon fiber masts, booms, spreaders
When Lion's Whelp, built by Portland Yacht Services (Portland, Maine, U.S.A.) embarked on its inaugural cruise, even seasoned marine observers saw a 65 ft white schooner, reminiscent of the early 20th century's Alden Schooners, complete with spars authentically detailed from wood with traditional brass fittings. But
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Composites Make Large Difference In small Medical, Dental Applications
Surgical instruments and dental restoratives take advantage of polymers with glass-fiber and nanomaterial reinforcements.
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Liquid Composite Molding Achieves Aerospace Quality
Improvements in materials, tooling and process control bring RTM and VARTM into the realm of aerospace components.
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Ukrainian Aerospace Developer Employs Clean Sheet Design
Antonov designs integral torsion boxes for highly loaded tail structures.
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Airbus A340 carbon composite spoiler made with RTM
When FACC AG (Ried, Austria) contracted to fabricate a demonstration composite replacement part for a highly stressed aluminum spoiler center fitting on the Airbus A340-600, the company wanted to use resin transfer molding (RTM) because the part's complex shape would be difficult to produce consistently and
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Advanced Pultrusion Takes Off In Commercial Aircraft Structures
Innovative prepreg pultrusion process forms profiles equal to autoclaved components at lower cost.
Read MoreNurad Develops Composite Dual-Reflector Antenna
Nurad Technologies (Baltimore, Md., U.S.A.), a division of Chelton Microwave (Bolton, Mass., U.S.A.), has been manufacturing antennas and composite radomes for more than 35 years. Recently, the company developed a composite dual-reflector antenna system for broadband direction finding and electronic intelligence
Read MoreNew Approaches To Cost-effective Tooling
New methods, materials and philosophies add up to tooling innovations.
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