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Plant tour: Diamond Aircraft Austria, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Composites use among general aviation manufacturers is far from unusual, but none apply them quite like this airframer does.
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Simplifying the solar panel with composites
Replacing glass and aluminum with a polymer/cored polymer composite laminate ups panel durability at reduced weight.
Read MoreComposites UK announces 2017 industry award winners
Industry trade association Composites UK revealed the winners of its industry awards that takes place alongside the Advanced Engineering Show.
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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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Armor Update: Reinforced elastomeric composite blast barrier
A new, flexible, lightweight, portable debris shield holds promise for protecting building occupants in military zones.
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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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IBEX 2017 show report
Increased attendance and exhibitors despite Irma, continued delivery of latest in composite technologies for marine industry.
WatchComposites UK launches two new programs
Composites UK will officially launch its new sustainability subgroup on October 3rd with an event held at Scott Bader Company Ltd.’s premises. And, the new Composites Technician apprenticeship program, announced September 25, has been approved by the UK government.
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Carbon Fiber: GM's Mark Voss to discuss composite's path forward
Mark Voss, engineering group manager, body structures advanced composites, at General Motors, will be a keynoter at CW’s Carbon Fiber conference in November and discuss the company’s history of implementing composites in its vehicles.
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