Processes
CW Talks: How carbon fiber beat out steel in elevator cabling
CW Talks: The Composites Podcast learns from KONE’s Steve Gonzalez how pultruded carbon fiber UltraRope was developed to help move elevators up and down in the world’s tallest buildings.
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CFRP bests steel in precision ball joints
Near-zero backlash in bearings and automation components.
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Delta Airlines installs LEWCO composite curing oven
The curing oven will be used to manufacture parts for Delta’s airplane cabins.
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Airborne introduces automated kitting solutions
At AIRTEC 2017, the aerospace supply chain trade show held October 24-26 in Munich, Germany, composites specialist Airborne (The Hague, Netherlands) presented the latest developments on its Automated Kitting Solutions.
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Automated preforming: Intelligent automation in pick-and-place systems
Layups go industrial with hand-like grippers that can fold fabric or prepreg into corners and robot-mounted cameras that inspect from fabric to cut plies to fiber gaps in final preforms.
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First all-electric production yacht features carbon fiber construction
Leader in luxury yacht innovation commits to fossil fuel-less future
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IACMI officially opens new innovation facility in Detroit
Two years in the works, the IACMI Vehicles Scale-Up Facility offers the automotive industry a composite materials and manufacturing development innovation center.
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bigHead, Cranfield University discuss Knowledge Transfer Partnership
bigHead Bonding Fasteners and Cranfield University have formed a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) focused on new joining technologies for composite materials.
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Automated Preforming, Part 5: Holistic Quality Optimization
Simulation and testing key to integrated approach for optimization of automated preforming, offering time and cost savings as well as basis for automated quality inspection.
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Rail line landmark restoration via pultrusion
Composites’ corrosion resistance ensures preservation.
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