Design & Tooling
CAMX 2021 preview: Ascent Aerospace
Tooling specialist Ascent Aerospace is emphasizing recently installed capacity to produce tools, molds and fixtures via large-format additive manufacturing at its Santa Ana, Calif., U.S., location.
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Bucci Composites reveals 22-inch all-carbon fiber wheels for Bentley SUV
The lighter component design — which offers weight savings of six kilograms per wheel — reduces rotational inertia, promises better vehicle handling and meets Bentley’s structural and aesthetics requirements.
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Rolls-Royce expands partnership with Purdue University
Increased commitment expands Rolls-Royce’s test facilities in the Purdue Aerospace District to develop high-altitude and hybrid-electric engines, advances Purdue’s economic development.
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Altair's 9th Enlighten Award winners feature vehicle lightweighting, sustainability
Annual award honors advancements in reducing the carbon footprint, mitigating water and energy consumption, promoting material reuse and recycling and applying composites for lightweighting.
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Kamm Projects launches carbon fiber aero-road bike
U.K.-based composites company combines passion with decades of industry experience to develop a next-gen bike that offers more stiffness, speed, comfort, efficiency, precision and response.
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Leveraging large-format AM fuels aerospace flexibility
Ascent Aerospace is known for producing high-quality metallic molds and tools for large aerostructures. Investment in large-format AM has expanded the company’s capabilities.
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NTU Singapore, Arkema manufacture carbon fiber helmets using Elium resin
Carbon fiber reinforcement increases stiffness, toughness of the helmet’s outer shell and allows it to absorb more impact energy over a longer period.
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Composites AM research targets wind energy
The U.S. DOE, universities and industry leaders ramp up new efforts and funding to develop 3D-printed composite wind blade molds and end-use blade components.
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Large-format, vertical, robotized, fiber-reinforced AM
MTorres joins the large-format AM fray with a system that prints vertically in lengths up to 25 meters.
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Challenges, opportunities when designing for fiber-reinforced AM
Bridging the gap between as-designed and as-made, and where do you put the fiber?
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