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Fraunhofer and Conbility announce fiber and tape-placement JV
The new tape-placement system PrePro 3D will be presented by the two partners for the first time at JEC World 2018.
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What collaborative scenarios can we create that leverage assets in multiple countries and get to solutions faster?
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Safran and Albany inaugurate new LEAP engine fan blade plant
The Mexico facility is the two companies’ third joint manufacturing plant to make composite parts for the LEAP aircraft engine.
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Ascent Aerospace opens second Engineering Center of Excellence
With the consolidation of engineering teams to a Engineering Center of Excellence at its Macomb campus, Ascent Aerospace announces plans to expand and reorganize the company’s engineering resources.
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ORNL offering additive manufacturing/composites post-doc
The postdoctoral position at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will conduct research in additive manufacturing related to advancement of current technologies, implementation of new processes, and development of material systems.
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Daher opens third Moroccan facility
France-based Daher’s new manufacturing facility — it’s third in Morocco — will offer metals and composites production services.
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McNair Aerospace Center: Closing the composites education gap
As the composites industry in South Carolina continues to expand through Boeing and its tier suppliers, composites education follows suit through the McNair Center.
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3D printing for a Bonneville run
As a former (amateur vintage) racer myself, I appreciate all things motorsports. CRP USA LLC (Mooresville, NC, US), the maker of Windform SLS 3D printing materials as well as provider of custom additive manufacturing and machining services, sent me a case study of a motorsports team that recently set a new class record at the Bonneville Salt Flats, thanks to the fast part production possible with 3D printing.
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R-TECH testing course upcoming
R-TECH Materials (Port Talbot, UK), a fast-growing polymer and composites laboratory in the UK, has teamed up with Zwick Roell (Ulm, Germany) to run an introductory training course on mechanical testing of composites.
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