Anisoprint (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg) a manufacturer of continuous fiber 3D printing systems, has launched an update for its proprietary slicing software. The new and improved Aura 2.1 Premium is the driving force behind the company’s flagship Composer 3D printer, and en

ÉireComposites (Galway, Ireland), an innovative design, manufacturing and testing company announced on March 1 an agreement with the Belgian defense and space company, OIP Sensor Systems (Oudenaarde, Belgium) to design and produce three carbon fiber stray light baffles, which

It was reported on March 1 that assembly of the all-carbon fiber fuselage for Serial #001 of Bye Aerospace’s (Denver, Colo., U.S.) two-seat all-electric eFlyer 2 is now underway. George E. Bye, CEO of Bye Aerospace, notes that images like the one shown above of the fuselage assembly i

Bucci Composites (Faenza, Italy), a fabricator of composite parts and structures for automotive, aerospace, marine and industrial applications, reported on March 4 , that it has completed development of a 22-inch fully carbon fiber automotive wheel rim that, Bucci says, has 

Hexcel’s (Stamford, Conn., U.S.) HexPly XF surface technology is said to significantly reduce shell manufacturing time within the wind blade surface finishing process. Overall blade manufacturing efficiency is increased by reducing time in the mold

Although the seventh generation of the Porsche 911 GT3 has an increased front track of 1.9 inches compared with its predecessor, the curb weight of the 2022 model is still a light 3,157 pounds, and only slightly heavier (4 pounds) than the previous generation (3,153 pounds). That weight

  This online sidebar for the March 2021 article, “Advancing the OOA infused wing box” aims to bring together what CW has written about hot drape forming over the years into one place and, hopefully, provide a useful resource. Below are excerpts from multiple articles &m

“From the very beginning of the project, designing and engineering the Artura has been all about challenging ourselves to innovate, pushing and pushing to achieve everything we knew a next-generation, high-performance hybrid McLaren supercar had to be. As a result, the Artura is all-new; th

Solvay Composite Materials (Alpharetta, Ga., U.S.) and urban air mobility (UAM) aircraft manufacturer Vertical Aerospace (VA, Bristol, U.K.) previously announced in early February an agreement to collaborate on the development and manufacture of Vertical Aerospace’s VA-1X electric vertic

On Feb. 9, Boston Materials (Bedford, Mass., U.S.), a manufacturer of advanced lightweight materials, started shipping Z-axis carbon fiber products made with its new 60-inch-wide roll-to-roll manufacturing line to customers in North America and Europe. “Demand for our Z-

Sigmatex Carbon Textile Solutions (Cameron, S.C., U.S.) is currently seeking a Business Development Manager and Production Planner to join its team in South Carolina.    Business Development Manager This position will lead the commercial function to deliver that growth in lin

Fig. 1. Overall business activity of glass fiber manufacturers from 2015 to early 2021, based on data from Gardner Intelligence. As the coronavirus pandemic enters its second year, and as the global economy slowly re-opens, the worldwide glass fiber supply chain is facing shortage of some produ

    Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) announced on Feb. 17 that it will install a composite compression molding line at Benet Automotive s.r.o, the company’s automotive composites business in Milovice, Czech Republic. Teijin plans to invest approximately €10 million

CompoTech Plus spol. s r.o. (Sušice, Czech Republic) announced on Jan. 20 that it has developed a new next-generation hybrid steel and carbon fiber (CF) composite milling cutting disc in collaboration with Hofmeister Innovation (Pilsen, Czech Republic). Increasi

Teijin Ltd. (Tokoyo, Japan) announced on Feb. 2 that the company and its joint development partner Applied Electric Vehicles (AEV, Melbourne, Australia) have achieved a major milestone toward a shared vision for zero-emission future mobility with the delivery of a production-r

Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn., U.S.) announced on Feb. 1 Type Approval Certification of its HexPly M9 prepreg materials by DNV GL (Oslo, Norway). The addition of the HexPly M9 prepreg range to Hexcel’s comprehensive DNV GL-certified portfolio (the company received H

Fraunhofer IWU (Chemnitz, Germany) has developed pultruded carbon fiber composite side skirts that are lightweight, meet crash loads and can be reused at the end of an e-car’s life. Photo Credit: Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU. Under the umbrel

The wind energy start-up, evoblade, a spin-off of the Institute of Aerospace Technology (IAT) of the University of Applied Sciences Bremen (Germany), has developed a composite retrofittable trailing edge spoiler for rotor blades with the help of Deutsche Windtechnik

A rear spoiler produced with a new organic SMC. The researchers were able to fill complex ribbed structures with conventional processing parameters. They found no separation of the fiber and the matrix. Photo Credit: Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe (IVW) An organic sheet molding c

Axiom Materials Inc. (Santa Ana, Calif., U.S.), one of Kordsa’s (Istanbul, Turkey) U.S.-based subsidiaries in advanced composites materials, launches its latest oxide-oxide ceramic matrix composite (ox-ox CMC) surfacing films product line, CerFace. The main