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Aerospace 12 Nov 2019

Urban air mobility: The action heats up

Columnist Dale Brosius reflects on the current state of the under-development urban air mobility (UAM) market, where it’s headed, and what it all means for the composites industry.

Additive Manufacturing 5 Nov 2019

Additive Molding promises mass-produced high-performance composites

Arris Composites introduces a patent-pending technology that manufactures high-performance thermoplastic composite components with a combination of additive manufacturing technology and high-speed compression molding. Has mass production of advanced composite components finally arrived?

Out of Autoclave 31 Oct 2019

Kordsa works with Ford Otosan to develop composite leaf springs for heavy trucks

Prepreg compression molding prototype achieves 75% weight savings while boosting performance.

NDT 31 Oct 2019

Modular, mobile, multiple robotics poised to change the AFP/ATL paradigm

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is working on two multi-robot automated fiber and tape placement technologies that could change the paradigm in large-part aerocomposites manufacturing.

Thermoplastics 21 Oct 2019

Stajvelo e-bike built with Solvay long-fiber thermoplastic material

An injection-molded composite e-bike features thermoplastic composites.

Infrastructure 21 Oct 2019

Keeping things moving with FRP

Two recent projects using fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bridge decking material from Composite Advantage (Dayton, Ohio, U.S.) demonstrate the increasing role of composites in infrastructure.