Composite materials are essential in the aerospace industry. To shape them, autoclaves, high-pressure and high-temperature chambers are traditionally used. But to optimise energy consumption and ...

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 ...

Composite airframes were important in defense systems before the Boeing 787 made them a household word. The basics of building even 80-ft.-long single-piece composite wingboxes have been conquered.

To address this challenge, project partner Cidaut has achieved a major milestone by developing two fast-curing process innovations: a Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) system designed for frontal UV ...

Engineers have developed a method to produce aerospace-grade composites without the enormous ovens and pressure vessels. The technique may help to speed up the manufacturing of airplanes and other ...

Airplane wings, wind turbine blades, and other large parts are typically created using bulk polymerization in composite manufacturing facilities. They are heated and cured in enormous autoclaves and ...

When the latest X-plane crafted by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works team soon takes flight over Palmdale, California, observers will be watching a throwback to a previous era of experimental flight ...

From the earliest days of aviation, aircraft structures were made of metal. Gradually, aluminum emerged as the preferred option for primary, secondary and tertiary structures because of its ...

More and more PC-based Ethernet controls are being used to power industrial ovens and autoclaves. Some of the latest implementations of this approach More and more PC-based Ethernet controls are being ...

A modern airplane's fuselage is made from multiple sheets of different composite materials, like so many layers in a phyllo-dough pastry. Once these layers are stacked and molded into the shape of a ...

Airplane wings and wind turbine blades are typically created using bulk polymerization in composite manufacturing facilities. They are heated and cured in enormous autoclaves and heated molds as big ...