May 27th, 2021: Habib Dagher, executive director of UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and director of Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center, appeared before the Senate’s Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee at the invitation of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. He was one of four transportation and infrastructure experts offering testimony on how to protect the nation’s transportation infrastructure in the face of climate change.
Built in the UAE: world’s largest super yacht made of composite material launched in Dubai
May 27th, 2021: A UAE company has launched the world’s largest superyacht made from composite materials. Gulf Craft’s flagship superyacht, Majesty 175, is 54 metres in length with a beam of 9.6 metres and was produced in the company’s boatyard in Umm Al Quwain.
Continuous Composites Receives $750k Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Contract from the Department of Defense
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)-May 27th, 2021: -Continuous Composites, a pioneer in the AM 2.0 industry, announced today it has been awarded a Phase II SBIR contract to demonstrate their patented Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D®) manufacturing process for a DoD multifunctional structural composite application through collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The SBIR topic focuses on Attritable Structures, Engines, and Sensors of Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems and Space Systems.
MC-21-300 receives first wing of composite material made in Russia
May 27th, 2021: New jetliner from Irkut is in the process of replacing Western suppliers with domestic ones due to economic sanctions...
Kaneka Aerospace starts up carbon and glass fiber prepreg operations
May 27th, 2021: Subsidiary installs new automated filming and prepreg equipment at Benecia, California, facility, with capabilities to produce 50-inch-wide prepreg tapes ranging from 140-1,100 gsm areal weight.
Scotsman Debuts World’s First Custom 3D-Printed Carbon Fiber Scooter
MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2021-- Scotsman, a Silicon Valley-based electric scooter brand, has unveiled its flagship product, the world’s first electric scooter custom 3D-printed entirely in carbon fiber composite.
Impossible Objects, Owens Corning to produce new high-performance 3D printing materials
May 27th, 2021: Collaboration will develop tailor-made materials for composite-based AM, bring CBAM process to industrial scale to compete with other high-volume manufacturing methods.
Hexcel, USA Establishes Composite Materials Center of Excellence in Utah
May 27th, 2021: Hexcel Corporation, a world leader in advanced composite technology, has established the Flagship Center of Excellence (R and T) for Research Technology to support the next generation of advanced composite technology development in Utah. I am. This will add up to 150 new high-paying jobs over the next 12 years and develop the Utah workforce.
Impossible Objects and Owens Corning Join Forces to Develop Stronger, Cheaper 3D Printing Materials
May 27th, 2021: Impossible Objects announced that it would be joining a development agreement with Owens Corning targeted at developing new materials for Impossible Objects’ revolutionary composite-based additive manufacturing (CBAM) process.
New optimization approach helps design lighter carbon fiber composite materials
May 28th, 2021: Carbon fibers, due to their superior strength and lightness, are popular in aerospace engineering applications. While much effort goes into improving the strength of carbon fiber composites, such as fiber-reinforced plastic, only fiber orientation optimization is considered.