Processes

Altair's 9th Enlighten Award winners feature vehicle lightweighting, sustainability

Annual award honors advancements in reducing the carbon footprint, mitigating water and energy consumption, promoting material reuse and recycling and applying composites for lightweighting.

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Infinite Material Solutions launches new website aimed at additive manufacturing

Platform features a space with deep industry and application-focused content, FAQs, support information and product capabilities to better connect 3D printing industry enthusiasts.

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Troubleshooter

Troubleshooting thermoforming of thermoplastic composites

Challenges with the thermoforming/stamping process and potential solutions addressing the associated parameters and complex material behaviors.

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GE, LM, NREL complete successful automated blade finishing trials

Pilot project started in 2020 leverages knowledge of advanced composites processing together with sensing, robotics and automation for low-cost solutions to boost throughput by 30%.

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Thermoplastics

Leveraging large-format AM fuels aerospace flexibility

Ascent Aerospace is known for producing high-quality metallic molds and tools for large aerostructures. Investment in large-format AM has expanded the company’s capabilities.

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Composites manufacturing is additive manufacturing

As the additive manufacturing space continues to expand, it might be the technology that catapults composites fabrication itself.

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Continuous Composites closes $17 million Series A financing for CF3D

The financing round enables Continuous Composites to commercialize its CF3D product offerings, as well as advance and protect the company’s expansive patent portfolio.

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CAMX 2021 exhibit preview: Carbon Axis

Carbon Axis showcases compact AFP solutions for the preforming of small parts with the XCell, XPlace mk2 and IdeaLab.

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Sustainability

Composites AM research targets wind energy

The U.S. DOE, universities and industry leaders ramp up new efforts and funding to develop 3D-printed composite wind blade molds and end-use blade components.

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MVP large-format system prints thermoset resins

Magnum Venus Products’ Reactive Additive Manufacturing (RAM) system is a large-format AM machine that prints with fiber-reinforced thermoset resins.

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