Composite materials have come a long way since they first appeared on the market. Back then, they were not as versatile, durable, and aesthetically pleasing as the ones we use today. Today, composite ...

Widespread in aerospace, laminated fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites are also increasingly used in other sectors, including the automotive industry. The identification of optimal cutting ...

Airplane wings and wind turbine blades are typically created using bulk polymerization in composite manufacturing facilities. They are heated and cured in enormous autoclaves and heated molds as big ...

LOWFLIP (Low cost flexible integrated composite process) project has been recently launched with a duration of 36 months and 10 partners from 5 European countries. Partly funded by the European ...

Continuous Composites’ CF3D fuses continuous-fibre steering, instant UV curing and an automated, anisotropy-aware design workflow into a full-stack platform. The result: near-net composite components ...

Hill Helicopters engineered composite main rotor blades using a novel single-cure manufacturing process for stiffness and ...

The performance of the final product depends heavily on the degree of cure - making it critical to ensure that the reaction goes to completion for the highest quality and reliability. Achieving this ...

Dublin, May 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Aerospace Composites Market by Fiber Type (Glass Fiber, Carbon Fiber, Ceramic Fiber), Matrix Type (Polymer Matrix Composite, Metal Matrix Composite ...

Spirit AeroSystems has developed a new, lower-cost composite manufacturing process for commercial aircraft fuselages it expects will be ready for production as soon as 2025. The US company, which is ...