The next decisive step in the production of large structural components from thermoplastic composites for use in aerospace has been achieved. Using their enhanced Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) ...

This high strength toughened epoxy system that has a flexible cure envelope ranging from 135°C to 200°C. It has been developed to enable rapid part manufacture through a number of composite processing ...

Three companies collaborated on an automated process for producing large thermoplastic parts at high-speed deposition rates of up to 4,000 inches (100 meters) per minute. The joint development comes ...

Boeing’s next innovation in composites could render autoclaves obsolete, says Boeing chairman Jim McNerney. The epoxy resin within the composite structures that comprise the fuselage of the 787 and ...

Plasan Carbon Composites is introducing a new production technology that dramatically speeds production of carbon-fiber reinforced plastics, the composite material used in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.