Autoclave curing has long been the "gold standard" for aerospace composite parts. Very few processes can match the consistent part quality and high fiber volume of prepreg laminates cured in an ...

The performance of the final product depends heavily on the degree of cure - making it critical to ensure that the reaction goes to completion for the highest quality and reliability. Achieving this ...

Working in partnership with the University of Strathclyde and the Scottish Innovation Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems (CENSIS), Spirit developed an intelligent heated tool for curing composite ...

Acsion Industries, a company born out of the Canadian atomic energy organisation, is developing composite materials processing technologies for the next generation of high speed passenger aeroplanes, ...

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 ...

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 ...