Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 26, 2023

Omni Tanker has launched a world-first composite triple road train, able to move almost 100 tons of payload in a single haulage run, while significantly reducing operational costs for its customer Townsville Logistics. The post Australian composite innovator launches triple road-train tanker appeared first on Manufacturers' Monthly.

Composites 94

Composites Logistics Aerospace Advanced manufacturing 94

Manufacturing Management

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Early career engineers at the National Composites Centre (NCC) are thrilled to have helped power Paralympic Champion Emma Wiggs MBE to gold at the Paris 2024 games by developing an optimised seat for her boat.

Composites 59

Composites 59

Plastics Today

JANUARY 3, 2024

Experts say the carbon-fiber-reinforced composite-intensive structure stood up well to a fire caused by a collision, allowing all 379 passengers and crew to escape via a single emergency ramp.

Composites 115

Composites 115

Manufacturer's Monthly

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

New industry-linked Swinburne research uses smart composite structures to help engineers detect structural defects in planes and rockets before they cause disaster. The industry-linked project with Sparc Technologies and Composite Materials Engineering is creating graphene-enabled smart composites for aviation, aerospace and renewable energy.

Composites 85

Composites Aerospace Advanced manufacturing Prototype  85

Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 13, 2023

Billy Friend sat down with founder and director Joe Bryant to learn about the company’s ambitions to propel Australia into the upper echelon of advanced composites manufacturing. Fresh from university, Joe Bryant began his career as an aerospace engineer with Airbus, working on the company’s first composite helicopter, the ARH Tiger.

Composites 89

Composites Aerospace Supply Chain Manufacturing 89

Manufacturing Management

JULY 2, 2024

Aerospace composites specialist Velocity Composites has been recertified for two quality management standards across all three manufacturing sites in the UK and US.

Composites 45

Composites Aerospace Manufacturing 45

The Fabricator

MAY 28, 2024

An Airgas expert weighs in on shielding gas mix selection and composition for MIG welding.

Composites 98

Composites 98

Plastics Today

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Japan’s Hitachi Energy is also joining Collab Composite with the aim of connecting international industry with innovative startups in the field of fiber composites.

Composites 69

Composites 69

Plastics News

AUGUST 11, 2022

The federal CHIPS and Science Act specifically calls for investments in composites and advanced materials.

Composites 119

Composites 119

Robotics Automation News

MARCH 5, 2023

Michael Bartlett, an assistant professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been granted a $590,600 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award to research and understand new strategies for manufacturing liquid metal-based soft composites.

Composites 105

Composites Electronics Manufacturing Function 105

Metrology

MAY 28, 2024

Carbon or glass fibre composite parts are becoming increasingly common in sectors such as aeronautics, automotive, construction and wind power due to their lightness and high strength. For example, in electric vehicles, these composites allow the car to be lighter in order to reduce consumption.

Composites 52

Composites Robotics Robotics Automotive 52

Manufacturing Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Electroplating specialist BEP Surface Technologies and nanodiamond manufacturer Carbodeon have announced a strategic relationship to develop a ‘world first’ copper-nanodiamond composite coating Manufacturing Voices reported.

Composites 59

Composites Manufacturing 59

Plastics Today

MARCH 6, 2023

The winners of the JEC Composites Innovation Awards take materials to new heights in aviation, automotive, and other applications.

Composites 104

Composites Automotive 104

Plastics Today

OCTOBER 11, 2023

KraussMaffei and partners present the revolutionary children's bicycle made from a polyamide composite incorporating recycled content at Fakuma.

Composites 101

Composites 101

Plastics Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

This year’s auto parts category features entries from Toyota, the University of Delaware, and Voith Composites.

Composites 105

Composites Automotive 105

Metrology

AUGUST 20, 2024

In the highly competitive composite materials industry, companies are constantly looking to refine their processes and enhance product quality. The post Gaining a Technology Edge for a Competitive Edge in Manufacturing Composite Parts appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

Composites 52

Composites Manufacturing 52

Canadian Manufacturing

JUNE 18, 2024

and Graphene Composites Ltd., Utilizing advanced materials and GC’s patented graphene-aerogel composite, these shields possess force dispersion capabilities providing protection against multiple shots, stacked rounds, and edge impacts. TORONTO — Black Swan Graphene Inc. ”

Composites 52

Composites Supply Chain Manufacturing 52

Plataine

APRIL 24, 2023

These advanced tools and algorithms provide composite parts manufacturers with a dynamic approach to production planning, considering all relevant elements including human capacity, tool availability and autoclave optimization, to automatically generate optimized manufacturing schedules.

Composites 105

Composites Manufacturing Advanced manufacturing 105

Plastics Today

JULY 15, 2022

Interdisciplinary research team seeks to develop thermoformable thermoplastic composites using renewable bast fibers as reinforcement.

Composites 130

Composites 130

Plastics News

AUGUST 11, 2022

The federal CHIPS and Science Act specifically calls for investments in composites and advanced materials.

Composites 98

Composites 98

Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 5, 2023

Mining research organisation Mining3 and the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) have partnered to develop a novel carbon fibre composite rock bolt through support from the Australian Coal Industry’s Research Program (ACARP). Mining3’s carbon fibre composite rock bolts are the result of patented design innovation.

Composites 52

Composites Manufacturing Automation Robotics 52

AU Manufacturing

APRIL 2, 2023

Quickstep , Australia’s largest independent aerospace composite company, has secured a $2.34 million contract with Carbonix for the production and supply of composite aerostructures for Carbonix’s latest long-range drone. We anticipate the demand for this aircraft will substantially exceed the initial production volume,” Burgess said.

Composites 76

Composites Aerospace Manufacturing 76

Plastics Today

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Japan’s Hitachi Energy is also joining Collab Composite with the aim of connecting international industry with innovative startups in the field of fiber composites.

Composites 52

Composites 52

Plastics Today

AUGUST 2, 2024

MCipollini and DMT Cycling adopt Bcomp’s ampliTex natural-fiber composite, which also offers superior vibration damping.

Composites 59

Composites 59

i4.0 today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Electroplating specialist BEP Surface Technologies and nanodiamond manufacturer Carbodeon have announced a strategic relationship to develop a ‘world first’ copper-nanodiamond composite coating. The post Metal Surface Specialist and Nanodiamond Manufacturer to Develop ‘world’s first’ Composite Copper Coating appeared first on i4.0

Composites 52

Composites Manufacturing 3D printing Fit 52

Manufacturing Tomorrow

APRIL 2, 2024

3D printing service bureau CRP Technology's Glass fiber reinforced Windform thermoplastic composites were subjected to dielectric constant and dielectric strength tests, and the results were excellent, exhibiting a dielectric constant of approximately 4 and withstanding peak voltages of at least 2.5

Composites 52

Composites 3D printing 52

Dinesh Mishra

AUGUST 7, 2023

Historically, composites were not the first choice because glass fiber composites, while lighter, may not have the necessary stiffness, and carbon fiber, while stiff enough, is often too expensive for most common applications. Generally, thin-wall composite tubes are those with thicknesses between 0.5 mm (about 0.02

Composites 52

Composites Manufacturing 52

Plastics Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

A team effort by BASF, Flex-N-Gate, L&L Products, and Toyota reduced part count in the Toyota Tundra seatback from 60 stamped and welded parts to just four composite components.

Composites 104

Composites 104

Plastics Today

MAY 31, 2024

The bio-composite material incorporating natural hemp fibers with a matrix of fully recycled PP offers a 73% reduction in CO2 emissions and a 20% weight saving.

Composites 59

Composites 59

MEM

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

CGTech, the developer of VERICUT verification, simulation and optimisation software, is announcing an exciting reseller agreement with Bristol-based iCOMAT, pioneer of the first-ever defect-free tape-steering process for composite component production. Together, we can push new frontiers in automated composite part manufacturing.”

Composites 52

Composites Manufacturing Aerospace Automotive 52

Plastics Today

JULY 21, 2022

The company has developed a sustainable, water-based, low-energy process for coloring carbon-fiber composite materials, eliminating the need for painting.

Composites 104

Composites 104

NIST Manufacturing

DECEMBER 1, 2023

CTL’s Smart Connected Manufacturing Systems Group and the Longterm Archiving and Retrieval (LOTAR) Consortium have supported multi-year efforts to harmonize composite material standards. enables engineering practices for the definition of

Composites 52

Composites Manufacturing 52

MEM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Advanced Engineering Show announcement: New Aerospace Standard Composites Factory Operational in Morocco Rockwood Composites, the ‘out-of-autoclave’ composite components manufacturer, today (1 November 2023) announced that its 21,000ft 2 factory in Morocco is now operational.

Composites 52

Composites Aerospace Automotive Manufacturing 52

AU Manufacturing

MARCH 13, 2023

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has added a new additive manufacturing machine by Continuous Composites to its campus in an effort to print large and lightweight structural composites like those used in aerospace structures.

Composites 52

Composites Additive manufacturing Manufacturing Aerospace 52

MEM

JULY 18, 2023

The International Composites Summit (ICS), renowned as the premier platform for cost-effective and sustainable composites business in the UK, is pleased to announce its upcoming informal networking dinner.

Composites 52

Composites Manufacturing 52

Plataine

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The post How the labor shortage is killing aerospace composites manufacturing appeared first on Plataine. Given the aerospace industry relies on long and complex supply chains, it only takes a short delay to create significant ripple effects, slowing down production.

Composites 98

Composites Aerospace Supply Chain Manufacturing 98

Plastics Today

JULY 18, 2023

Polypropylene (PP) composite reinforced with PP fibers is 52% lighter than conventional composites, potentially boosting flight time in next-gen mobility applications by 27%.

Composites 52

Composites 52