Automation
CAS DataLoggers features automated data collection geared toward composites manufacturing facilities
Unlike manual recordkeeping, the dataTaker DT85, using a wide variety of sensors, ensures accurate, error-free data collection in person or remotely and complete traceability.
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Natilus blended wing freighter secures first order
Large autonomous cargo drone freighter, Natilus N3.8T, comprises a carbon fiber airframe, offers 60% more cargo volume than same-weight aircraft and reduced cost and emissions by 50%.
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Firefly Inspect drone outfitted with infrared vision and AI to transform wind turbine, aircraft inspection
Drone technology combined with active thermography reported to offers faster, cheaper and more in-depth inspection of composites used in wind turbine blades and aircraft wings.
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FACC seeks 200 new hires in IT, digitalization, innovation and automation
Upswing in aviation, including 2021 new contracts worth €1 billion, impels FACC investment of €150 million to support short-cycle processing of lightweight composites, recycling and expanded production via automation and next-gen manufacturing technologies.
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Global automation solutions business forms Güdel Americas, builds regional support for customers
Güdel’s strategy for growth will provide customers in the U.S. and Mexico with improved responsiveness, access to spare parts and local service and support.
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Smart, self-powering composite from DITF uses a "textile power plant" concept
Multilayer fabric-based piezoelectric elements and pyroelectric energy harvesters reinforce the FRP structure, generating electrical energy using vibration, oscillation and temperature fluctuation.
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Augsburg AI Production Network makes headway with research facility space
AI-based solutions for sustainable, highly modular and material-optimized production, from ultrasonic sensors to recycling CMC, will continue to be pioneered in a new, 7,000-square-meter facility in Augsburg, Germany.
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Wisk secures $450 million from Boeing to advance certified, autonomous eVTOL flight
Investment reinforces near-term expansion plans, including the launch of scale manufacturing, and certification of Wisk’s sixth-generation eVTOL aircraft.
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Adaxis raises €1 million to combine 3D printing, industrial robotics
AdaOne software platform to be launched in 2022 supports automated, large-scale 3D printing with metals, plastics, composites and concrete to advance large-scale manufacturing.
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Modular draping system shows potential for wrinkle-free, automated dry fiber layup
Through research programs FlexProCFK and AutoBLADE, Leibniz University and partners are developing a robot-mounted layup system for complex CFRP parts.
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