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Machina Labs' AFWERX Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract will be focused on metal tooling for a fast-cure, out-of-autoclave (OOA) composite processing route.
NIAR and Solvay will host an opening ceremony later this year for their joint endeavour within the ATLAS lab in Wichita. Its efforts will aim to improve materials and processes for aerospace manufacturers.
PPG created six sets of custom-designed ramp seals for the C-130J Super Hercules airlifter using its patented ambient reactive extrusion (ARE) technology. This is PPG's first commercial sale of 3D printed components.
Toray's latest press allows additional functionality to be integrated into the laminate at the point of consolidation, such as anti-galvanic corrosion and lightning strike protection.
Airtech's first Centre of Innovation opened in Tennessee in 2019, and has now been joined by a facility in Luxembourg. Both offer Print-Tech additive manufacturing, with shorter lead times than conventional methods.
The parts are less time-consuming to make, and more sustainable than the traditional thermoset materials used which are not recyclable. EconCore, Toray and Bostik combined to create the new material.
