IACMI

Sustainability

IACMI and ORNL showcase additive manufacturing advancements at IMTS

Demonstration followed the journey of an additively manufactured metal die as it was 3D printed, machined and used to mold advanced composite parts.

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Aerospace

Personal air mobility: Will this dream really fly?

At this summer’s Farnborough Air Show, Rolls Royce unveiled a concept vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft with six electrically powered propellers, aimed at multiple applications, including personal and public transportation.

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IACMI

Knowledge and experience

CW Editor Jeff Sloan reflects on experiential knowledge after a recent IACMI event reception hosting member company interns.

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Autoclave

Utah Lt. Governor to make keynote address at composites workshop

The Fly Away with Composites workshop will be held August 21-22 at Davis Technical College in Clearfield, UT, US.

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Sustainability

People on the Move: August 2018

CW’s monthly roundup of people on the move in the composites industry.

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IACMI

IACMI announces collaborative smart composite pressure vessel project

The goal of the collaboration is to develop structurally predictable, low-cost smart composite pressure vessels (SCPVs) with integrated health-monitoring.

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IACMI

Lakes, rivers and the high seas: Boating’s influence on composites

We have the marine industry to thank for many of the advances seen in large-part composites fabrication.

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Wind/Energy

Sustainable thermoplastics and additive manufacturing alliance forms in Colorado

Vartega, the Colorado Cleantech Industries Association and a group of industry and academic partners have founded an Advanced Materials and Additive Manufacturing Infrastructure Development and Education (AMIDE) Alliance.

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Automotive

Can we achieve global standards for composites?

It is the relative lack of such standards that presents one of the highest hurdles to composites adoption, and also is incredibly difficult to address.

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Teamwork, collaboration, creative tension, innovation and the future

CW Editor Jeff Sloan shares insights into innovation and collaboration from a selection from his own summer reading list, The Innovators by Walter Isaacson.

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