Australia-based composites manufacturer Quickstep has made the first sale of its out-of-autoclave carbon composite curing system. Quickstep says that it has secured a €4.5 million ($5.5 million) ...

Through this collaborative work, the team works on real-time cure monitoring of liquid composite molding and autoclave composites manufacturing process, and developing curing simulation with the ...

Working in partnership with the University of Strathclyde and the Scottish Innovation Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems (CENSIS), Spirit developed an intelligent heated tool for curing composite ...

It’s well known that aerospace industry qualification requirements create a high barrier of entry for new resins, fibers, adhesives or manufacturing processes. Aerospace OEMs — commercial aircraft ...

Alenia Composite is acquiring a second autoclave to mitigate the risk of disruption to its one-piece fuselage barrel production for the Boeing 787 programme. The manufacturer's Grottaglie facility ...

A groundbreaking Australian technique looks set to revolutionise the aerospace, boat and car building industries by making advanced polymer composite technology affordable. Advanced polymer composites ...

While aerospace-derived prepreg materials for autoclave cure were regularly used within the racing and high value sectors of the industry, for composites to be cost-effective for the mass production ...

Firms dealing with advanced composite materials, such as fiberglass or carbon fiber reinforced pre-preg, have the chance to optimize their research and development and quality control/quality ...

Plasan Carbon Composites is introducing a new production technology that dramatically speeds production of carbon-fiber reinforced plastics, the composite material used in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Pierre Harter, engineering manager – M&P, technology readiness and structural certification Learjet, was the featured speaker on the last day of SAMPE Tech (Oct. 20-24, Wichita, Kan., USA) and ...

Over the past few decades, composite materials have become increasingly prevalent in the manufacture of aerostructures. This recent trend is primarily driven by factors such as toughness performance, ...