Design & Tooling

Wind/Energy

Eaton Aerospace qualifies new VITA system, increases satellite payload capacity

Aerospace industry-first valve in tank assembly (VITA) propulsion feed system integrates valves inside a composite propellant tank, increasing payload capacity and reducing considerable rework efforts.

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Aerospace

Using machine learning to accelerate composites processing simulation

A speed gain of 1,000 to 10,000 times greater than traditional FE models has been achieved using machine learning models, enabling near real-time simulation for large composite components.

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Glass Fibers

CAMX 2021 exhibit preview: LUM Industry

LUM Industry specializes in the design and manufacture of highly precise pultrusion dies and molds for glass, carbon fiber or thermoplastic profiles.

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Molds/Tools

CAMX 2021 exhibit preview: Symmetrix Composite Tooling

Symmetrix highlights its capabilities to quickly produce precise, complex tooling for a variety of composites applications.

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Lambo goes retro with hybridized, carbon fiber-intensive LPI 800-4 supercar

The Italian specialist brings back the Countach in a limited-series vehicle featuring composite components such as a carbon fiber monocoque, exterior panels and brakes.

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Carbon Fibers

Gravitilab, National Composites Centre to design new composite structures for suborbital launch vehicles

Gravitilab team is investigating, designing and trialing a carbon fiber propellant tank for its fleet of suborbital launch vehicles.

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LivMatS biomimetic flax fiber Pavilion opens to the public

Made entirely of filament-wound flax fiber, the livMatS Pavilion combines integrative design, robotic fabrication and sustainable materials for a highly innovative, bio-inspired construction.

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Virginia Tech researchers develop IGA for more efficient modeling of skin-stringer composites with complex cutouts

Isogeometric analysis offers higher rates of convergence and accuracy versus standard FE methods, will be offered as opensource code on GitHub.

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Pultrusion

BASF, L&L Products and Stellantis recognized for 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L lightweighting

Composite tunnel reinforcement comprised of pultruded continuous glass fiber reinforced with Elastocoat polyurethane system for 40% weight savings and improved overall performance.  

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Robotic computed tomography – removing NDT barriers for composites

Radalytica uses collaborative robots, ultra-sensitive X-ray photon detectors and the ability to combine CT with ultrasound, surface profiling and other inspection methods to optimize composites part quality, production and reduce cost.

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