Reusable silicone technology involves the use of custom-made silicone membranes which now succeed the use ofconsumable traditional vacuum ‘bags’ or the B counter mould. The silicone membrane is ...

Toray Advanced Composites, a developer and supplier of advanced composite materials, announces expanded NCAMP qualifications ...

FibreLINE automates the entire preforming process. It cuts, sorts and sequences large plys of carbon fibre and other composite material before shaping and placing it onto a mould where it is inspected ...

Thermoplastic composites manufacturing and smart preforming enables “one-minute” manufacturing of composite parts. In addition, thermoplastic composites are easier to recycle than their thermoset ...

Lightweight, high-strength polymer composites are essential to modern engineering, but their production has long been hindered by complexity, inefficiency, and reliance on manual adjustments. A study ...

The material-interface-structure-function/performance coupled design method and the additive/formative/subtractive composite manufacturing method provide new ...

A research project undertaken by the Bristol Composites Institute (BCI) at the University of Bristol used laser profile sensors from Micro-Epsilon to detect defects formed during the composites ...

Polymer matrix composites (PMCs) are made by reinforcing a polymer-based matrix with glass, carbon, or aramid fibers. PMCs are classified into thermosetting and thermoplastic resins based on the type ...

Figure 1. Ultrasonic testing using pulse echo and through-transmission methods. Pulse echo (left and center) uses a transducer that sends and receives ultrasound energy, producing both A- and B-scan ...