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 ...

GKN Aerospace has successfully concluded a composite manufacturing and assembly research programme using of out of autoclave (OOA) processes and materials and PI shaped woven preforms. These ...

Thermoset resins and autoclave curing have been the mainstays of aerospace composites since their introduction to aircraft. During the 1960s and 1970s, most aerocomposites manufacturers borrowed ...

(Nanowerk News) 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 ...

Hexcel (Stamford, Conn., U.S.) demonstrates its latest composite developments for the aerospace and automotive markets. Responding to aerospace industry targets for faster production rates, several ...