To speed layup and still offer good design flexibility, SABIC and Airborne borrowed an idea from the postal system when developing the ply layup process for thermoplastic composite tapes. Multiple ...

Thermoplastics have been valued for their inherent corrosion resistance for more than half a century. Extruded and thermoformed easily, thermoplastic shapes can be welded together in complex ...

PlyMatch™ uses augmented reality to show the live combined images of actual and target ply outlines and fibre orientation details on a monitor, so that the two can be matched by the operator. PlyMatch ...

Researchers have created a self-healing composite that is tougher than materials currently used in aircraft wings, turbine blades and other applications—and can repair itself more than 1,000 times.

This paper reviews two publications of the authors. The first relates to the classification of manufacturing porosity of a ceramic matrix composite material DRL-XT and the second to the quantification ...

Researchers created a fiber-reinforced composite that resisted delamination and repeatedly healed itself using heat-activated ...

Analysis: Composite materials can already be found in everything from boat hulls, to cars, and wind turbine blades. What about planes? Plastics are created from polymers, and it is these polymers that ...

Addcomposites Oy, a Finnish composite manufacturing automation company, has launched a comprehensive suite of free, browser-based composite design software that removes traditional cost barriers ...

Thermoplastic composites have, since their advent 15 years ago, provided aircraft manufacturers with a strong, resilient structural composite. Aerospace design permittable databases are available for ...