National Composites Week

Aerospace

Acellent contracted to supply SHM systems for KAI KF-21 aircraft

Adaptable custom structural health monitoring (SHM) technology will be used to monitor damage and load of composite aerostructures.

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Arris Composites secures $34 million to fuel growth in aerospace, consumer markets

Next-gen Additive Molding platform is expected to go mainstream with scaled global operations, thanks to investments from companies like Youngsone and ST Engineering.

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Trends

Exel pull-wound composites to enable Flying Whales airship design

State-of-the-art VTOL rigid airship, to take 80 kilometers of thin-wall carbon fiber tubes, will function like an airborne crane for transporting cargo in remote areas.

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Editorial

Looking at composites through the lens of U.S. history

When you’re a tourist with a background in writing for manufacturing it’s impossible not to notice all of the ways in which composites have resulted in significant milestones in the U.S. — historically and in the present.  

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Graphene

People in composites: April 2024

TFP Hydrogen Products, Airbus SE, TPI Composites, IDI Composites International and Integrated Graphene announce new personnel and retirements.

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ACM CRC project to develop composite travel surfboard

Alongside Gowing Bros and other university partners, the research center is charged with development of advanced manufacturing techniques to develop an Australian-made, travel-friendly surfboard.

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Pressure Vessels

Hexagon Ragasco launches Linktra Smart cylinders in Norway

Fiberglass pressure vessels with IoT provide real-time insight into refilling needs for LPG consumers.

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Pressure Vessels

Com&Sens presents workshop on fiber optic sensing for COPVs

Three-day hands-on workshop from June 11-13 in Leuven, Belgium, will equip participants with a better understanding of fiber optic sensing technology for digital manufacturing of composite tanks.

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Aerospace

Airbus Helicopters RACER demonstrator performs first flight

Rotorcraft architecture featuring a highly composites-intensive design transitions into 2-year flight campaign to demonstrate its high-speed capabilities.

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Space

ISRO C/C composite nozzle development enhances rocket engines

Durable composite nozzle can replace metal versions for mass reduction and payload capacity boost in launch vehicles.

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