Processes

Aerospace

GKN Aerospace breaks ground on UK Global Technology Centre

Twenty-five partners will also collaborate on the center, which will focus on research for additive manufacturing and advanced composites for aircraft.

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Aerospace

Evolving AFP for the next generation

‘Aerospace quality at automotive pace’ is the mantra of the supply chain being developed for next-generation commercial aircraft. Automation is evolving to meet the challenge.

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Composites 4.0

Cevotec’s Fiber Patch Placement wins Industry of the Future award

The additive fiber layup technology enables automated production of complex fiber composites.

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Graphene

Nanomaterials: Products, supply chain mature for next-gen composites

Development spans 3D and thermoplastic nanocomposites, nano-CMCs for hypersonics and nanomaterials safety and toxicity.

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Wind/Energy

National Composites Centre purchases Coriolis C5 robotic gantry AFP

Developed for rate production of large, complex composite structures, C5 will be part of world’s most advanced, flexible dry-fiber deposition cell.

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Aerospace

Spirit AeroSystems debuts next-generation composite fuselage panel

The 18-by-12-foot (5.5-by-3.7-meter) demonstrator panel debuted at the Paris Air Show features integrated skin and stringers and offers substantial cost savings combined with strong performance attributes.

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Wind/Energy

SAERTEX provides material for 87.5-meter carbon fiber spar cap

The wind blade spar cap prototype, said to be the longest carbon fiber spar cap so far produced via vacuum infusion.

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CarbonPro box: new forming process

From materials to assembly, the carbon fiber composite CarbonPro box manufacturing process features innovative, automated preforming technologies.

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Aerospace

Advancing multifunctional composite wings and fuselage structures

Flexible printed circuits and the Advanced Concepts for Aero‑Structures with Integrated Antennas and Sensors (ACASIAS) consortium.

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Marshall Aerospace and Defence 3D-prints aerospace parts

The company is using Stratasys 3D printers for prototype and production parts using composites and other advanced materials.

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