In parallel to developing new recycling solutions, the r-LightBioCom project is also rethinking how high-performance composites are manufactured, with a strong focus on energy efficiency, ...

Autoclave curing of composite structures has been such a staple of high-performance composites industry practice that it’s difficult to imagine aerospace-grade composites manufacturing without it. But ...

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 ...

CLINTON, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--When a major aerospace OEM needed a thermally conductive, autoclavable resin to advance the performance of 3D-printed composite molds for compression molding, it ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some of the latest implementations of this approach can be found on autoclaves from ASC Process Systems, Sylmar, Calif. ASC is currently embedding such controllers in many of its production and ...

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) ...