Infusion
Oli46 Resin Blocker maintains infusion vacuum level
Technical flange is designed to avoid resin waste up to 80%, improve surface finish and save on cost and production time.
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Automated aerocomposites production: Liquid molding or welded thermoplastic?
Two materials and process approaches are demonstrated for CFRP bulkhead production.
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Poly Glass reports manufacture of 60-foot infused monohull boat in India
The ZenCat commercial vessel features a 60-foot vacuum-infused FRP hull enabling weight reduction and fuel savings.
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Composite aerostructures in the emerging urban air mobility market
In the not too distant future, point-to-point, limited-distance, piloted and autonomous air travel for people and cargo will be the norm. Composites will make it possible.
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Composites Academy launches online training with hands-on exercises
Composites Expert and Institut de Soudure partner to provide interactive advanced composites training to students and professionals worldwide.
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Update: Lower wing skin, Wing of Tomorrow
Airbus is evaluating several advanced composites technologies as part of its Wing of Tomorrow program. Among these is liquid resin infusion of the lower wing skin, being developed by Spirit AeroSystems.
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Covestro machine developed for direct infusion of polyurethane rotor blades
Covestro’s tailor-made Baulé machine enabled production of a 64.2-meter-long polyurethane turbine blade.
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Reimagining wind blade design
Wind turbine blade architecture is so well established that it’s difficult to imagine there might be a better alternative. ACT Blade’s skeleton-based design is a step in that direction.
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Webinar presentation: Next-Generation Composites Materials and Processes (July 2020)
ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ hosted on July 28, 2020, a webinar titled, “Next-Generation Composite Materials and Processes.” If you missed the live webinar, you can watch the recording or download a PDF of the presentation.
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Composites 4.0: Digital transformation, adaptive production, new paradigms
An evolving landscape of automation, sensors and AI software is not an end, but a means to achieve the cost, quality, efficiency and agility required for future manufacturing.
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