Workforce Development

Weaving 18 Feb 2015

Quasi-isotropic, symmetrical fabric for tooling

Well-known in structural applications, this symmetric, balanced and quasi-isotropic fabric offers savings and opens opportunities in composites tooling.

Workforce Development 16 Feb 2015

Virgin Galactic opens LauncherOne design and manufacturing plant

LauncherOne, a new two-stage orbital launch vehicle designed to deliver satellites of 225 kg or less into orbit, will be manufactured at a facility near the Long Beach, CA, US airport. A job fair is scheduled for March 7.

Carbon Fibers 3 Feb 2015

New hydraulic press for automated processing of thermoplastic CFRP

Wickert Presstech delivers new system to German Aerospace Center which reportedly can process all materials and uses latest in automated technology.

Out of Autoclave 1 Feb 2015

CFRP camera boom enables safe spill inspection

NONA Composites’ 32m REACH structure meets tight remediation schedule at DoE radioactive waste storage site.

Marine 26 Jan 2015

Rhode Island Composites Alliance (RICA) announces funding

The group has received $175,000 in grant funding, announced at the Providence Boat Show last week.

Pultrusion 9 Jan 2015

Fabrication methods (2015)

There are numerous methods for fabricating composite components. Selection of a method for a particular part, therefore, will depend on the materials, the part design and end-use or application. Here's a guide to selection.

Out of Autoclave 9 Jan 2015

U. of Tennessee consortium awarded National Composites Manufacturing Institute contract

The long-awaited $70 million commitment from the US Department of Energy goes to a consortium led by the University of Tennessee's Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), which includes 122 partners who have promised an additional $259 million.