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Riding pretty: Hybrid upper control arms move to pickups
Short-glass/PA6 with metallic inserts reduces mass, running torque, joint wear on the Ram 1500 half-ton pickup truck.
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Short carbon fiber compounds expand reach of thermoplastic composites
With fiber weight fractions of up to 50% and an array of thermoplastic matrices available, injection molding compounds are expanding composites’ capabilities.
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Thermoplastic tapes continue to show potential for composite aerostructures
Web Industries reports increased R&D activity within several aerospace markets enabled by the flexibility and advantages of thermoplastic tapes.
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Composite-metal joining, braided preforms enable next-generation aircraft design
Collins Aerospace invests in new joining, preforming and infusion techniques to target aircraft design needs for reduced weight and lower-cost manufacture.
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Reactively polymerized resin expands organosheet market, opportunities
Johns Manville to introduce Neomera, a new family of thermoplastic composites.
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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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Thermoplastic composites: Structural bumper bracket
Hybrid bracket reduces mass, increases design flexibility, package space in pickup front bumper.
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Speeding RTM with heat-flux sensors
Clean Sky 2 INNOTOOL 4.0 project advances cure monitoring for larger and less costly lightweight landing gear made using composites.
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Forged molding compound: Extending SMC capabilities
New material, design, process combination approaches prepreg performance with chopped carbon fiber SMC.
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Reprocessable, repairable and recyclable epoxy resins for composites
CIDETEC matures 3R resins for aerospace applications via AIRPOXY program.
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