Digitization

Carbon Fibers

Scaled Composites Model 437 aircraft to be flown for Beacon autonomy testbed

Northrop Grumman subsidiary part of Digital Pathfinder development of stealth aircraft with wings using continuous carbon fiber additive manufacturing and determinate assembly.  

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Pressure Vessels

Plant tour: Hexagon Purus, Kassel, Germany

Fully automated, Industry 4.0 line for hydrogen pressure vessels advances efficiency and versatility in small footprint for next-gen, sustainable composites production.

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The pursuit of energy efficiency in composites manufacturing

In an increasingly energy-driven world, technology developments are being sought after to reduce energy consumption in composites manufacturing, further translating into waste reduction and other efficiencies.

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Schrödinger advances materials informatics for faster development of next-gen composites

Cutting time to market by multiple orders of magnitude, machine learning and physics-based approaches are combined to open new possibilities for innovations in biomaterials, fire-resistant composites, space applications, hydrogen tanks and more.

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Digitization

Digitized material shipment process improves MRAS aerostructures operations

Digital Passport technology by Plataine shortens receiving process to minutes, enhances quality and supply chain collaboration.

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Aerospace

Aerotech Academy Puglia is inaugurated at Leonardo Aerospace site in Grottaglie, Italy

Joining the Leonardo MaTeRIA Lab and Joint Lab with Syensqo, this aerostructures training  course will be 75% materials science and structural design/analysis, 25% digital transformation and AI.

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Digitization

On the radar: Composite materials producer ramps up sustainability vision

Toray is one of many companies in the composites industry fostering improvements in recyclability and biocomposites, as exemplified by its latest announcements. 

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Digitization

Next-gen composites manufacturing: Combining material, machine and mold cavity data with analytics

Using a sensor, an edge device and machine learning software, sensXPERT sees into processes and is improving quality and cutting scrap, cycle time and energy use for composites customers like ZF and Carbon Revolution.

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Digitization

Machina Labs unveils Machina Deployable System for agile manufacturing

Portable system combines AI and robotics for the forming and cutting of custom composite and metal parts.

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CAMX

Large-scale additive system prints industrial molds for composites

CAMX 2023: The Massivit 10000-G, with gel dispensed printing offers an ultra-fast, sustainable and cost-effective way to digitize isotropic mold production for high-quality and more reliable composite parts.

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