New players proliferate, increasing CMC materials and manufacturing capacity, novel processes and automation to meet demand for higher part volumes and performance. The composites industry is under ...

Hoffman, who invented the SET process, received his bachelor's degree in physics from Moravian College (Bethlehem, PA), and his master's degree in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer. Kuppers, who ...

Historically, most designers of structural composite components for aerospace applications have taken for granted the need for an autoclave cure. Despite the fact that cost and time advantages of ...

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 ...

Composite components could become more cost-effective and quicker to manufacture following an R&D project underway in Scotland. The initiative – which involves Spirit AeroSystems working in ...

Manufacturing a range of high value components, from wind turbine blades to car panels, could become significantly more cost-effective and quicker thanks to a ground-breaking R&D project underway in ...

A pair of students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have taken first place at the annual Student Manufacturing Design Competition held by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

At the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) site in Stade, the DLR Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems operates the largest research autoclave in ...

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 ...