Design & Tooling

Software streamlines digital engineering for aircraft manufacture

NLign Analytics’ NLign Product Suite 7.0 is said to complete the aircraft lifecycle digital thread by streamlining inspection data capture.

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Consumer

Atlas Composites chooses Plataine industrial IoT solution to optimize manufacturing operations

U.K.-based parts manufacturer uses material and tool tracking solution to improve quality control, reduce waste and advance labor efficiency.

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Composites 4.0: digital assistants, edge computing and the future of smart factories

Plataine reviews developments and discusses where composites manufacturing is headed.

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Wind/Energy

Bureau Veritas, Cornis partner on wind blade inspection

The companies offer advanced blade inspection that uses automated artificial intelligence, a global database and digital processing of images.

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2019 CAMX award, ACE winners illustrate industry trends

Among this year’s award winners are Continental Structural Plastics, the Institut fur Textiltecnik of RWTH Aachen University, LyondellBasell, Fortify, Spirit AeroSystems and more.

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Sustainability

Strain measurement in composites testing

Columnist Dan Adams explores the most important considerations and most common methods for strain measurement.

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UTComp Inc. launches automated in-line inspection system

QCAnalytix is an in-line quality control system designed to ensure the strength and reliability of composite industrial materials and products.

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Thermoplastics in the quest for aerospace weight savings

Safran Cabin, Victrex and Tri-Mack Plastics collaborate to migrate an aerospace storage bin from aluminum to an overmolded thermoplastic composite. The result proves the promise of thermoplastics in aerospace interiors.

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CoreTech System releases molding simulation software in Turkish

Source | CoreTech System   CoreTech System Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan), provider of engineering simulation solutions for the plastics industry, has added a Turkish language pack to the latest version of its plastics molding simulation software, Moldex3D R17 SP1.

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Glass Fibers

FET Ltd. launches laboratory-scale wet spinning system

Fibre Extrusion Technology Ltd.’s wet spinning production line is designed for early-stage formulation and process development of various fiber types.

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