There's a breakthrough in the fight against waste: a self-repairing material that scientists claim has a usable lifespan of ...

UD tapes must be fully impregnated since there is no carrier to support the material in the transverse direction such as the paper used with thermoset prepregs. Most UD tapes are supplied in ...

DarkAero 1 is a long-range, high-speed, two-person, experimental all-composite airplane. The entire airframe, made mostly from carbon fiber/epoxy, weighs about 200 pounds. Photo Credit: DarkAero ...

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 ...

The company is a globally-active engineering group, supplying systems for the production of composite materials used in the automotive, aerospace, flooring, construction, non-woven, textile and ...

Delivering Composite Products with Performance, Efficiency, and Sustainability CALIFORNIA, CA, UNITED STATES, May 7, ...

For over fifteen years, aircraft manufacturers have utilized thermoplastic composites for their toughness and durability as a structural composite. Aerospace design allowable databases are available ...

With the market growing for carbon-fibre reinforced plastics, production processes need to be improved to reduce cycle times and to improve the quality assurance process, especially where aerospace ...

There is a major industry-wide emphasis on composites manufacturing. In composite materials, there is a critical link between their processing and performance, and design rules for composite materials ...

Australian technology company Quickstep has moved closer to adoption of its composite manufacturing process by the aerospace industry with the expansion of a testing programme with the UK's Spirit ...