Design & Tooling

Highlights: Composites Convention 2019

Highlights from the Composites Convention 2019, June 12-13, in Stade, Germany, organized by CFK Valley e.V. and Carbon Composites e.V, and the German Aerospace Center’s 5th Colloquium on Production Technology, on May 15, in Augsburg.

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Aerospace

Injection-forming for high-performance, unitized thermoplastic structures

Combining braided tape, overmolding and form-locking, herone produces one-piece, high-torque gear-driveshaft as demonstrator for broad range of applications.

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CAMX

CAMX 2019 exhibit preview: Plastics Unlimited

Plastics Unlimited is featuring its TEC (Tooless Engineered Composites) process.

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Out of Autoclave

CAMX 2019 exhibit preview: RAMPF Group

RAMPF Group Inc. is presenting its full range of model, mold and tool engineering materials for the automotive, marine and aerospace industries.

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CAMX 2019 exhibit preview: MultiMechanics

MultiMechanics is showcasing its MultiMech 19.0 composite modeling and simulation software.

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Sustainability

NYIT granted NSF funding to develop composite pipeline testing

Researchers at the New York Institute of Technology will use the more than $350,000 award to develop microwave imaging to test composite pipelines.

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Magnetic 3D printing the next generation of tailored composites

Fortify uses magnetic fields and digital light processing to produce tailored microstructures for high-resolution, 3D printed composite parts — and enables the next generation of multiscale, multifunctional composite metamaterials.

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Molds/Tools

CAMX 2019 exhibit preview: Weber Manufacturing Technologies Inc.

Weber will showcase a live nickel vapor deposition (NVD) out-of-autoclave demonstration for a Class A automotive body panel, demonstrating the tool’s rapid heating and cooling capabilities at CAMX 2019.

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CAMX

CAMX 2019 exhibit preview: KRÜSS Scientific Instruments Inc.

KRÜSS Scientific Instruments Inc. to showcase its Mobile Surface Analyzer at CAMX 2019. 

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Automotive

TPRC project to develop structural analysis capabilities for overmolded parts

The ThermoPlastic composites Research Centre is working to develop an optimal process window for overmolding for both aerospace and automotive materials.

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