EnvisionTEC Unveils First Disruptive Industrial Scale Composite 3D Printer

At the RAPID 2016 show in Orlando, Fla., EnvisionTEC unveiled its Selective Lamination Composites Object Manufacturing (SLCOM 1) machine. According to the company, the machine is the first and only […]

MIT Students Use Composites to Build Human-Powered Aircraft

MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro) graduate students Michael Klinker, William Thalheimer, Mike Tomovich, and Hayden Cornwall are building a human-powered aircraft with composites for Red Bull’s Flugtag August […]

Hydrogen Powered Car Made with Composites Debuts at London Auto Show

At the 2016 London Motor Show, Wales-based eco-car manufacturer Riversimple debuted its signature hydrogen-powered car, the two-seat Rasa, which features fiberglass body panels and a carbon fiber composite chassis that […]

Futuristic Army Aircraft with Composites Could Replace Black Hawk

The United States Department of Defense’s Future Vertical Lift Program has been working to develop a new generation of improved vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft for the U.S. Armed […]

Virginia Could Add 5,000 CFRP Jobs Annually Over Next 15 Years

According to a new report from The American Jobs Report, Virginia is in a position to “expand its CFRP composites economy, increase in-state spending, and employ an average of over […]

A Primer on Glass Fiber Reinforcements

The Making of Glass Fiber Engineered minerals are melted in high-temperature, firebrick lined furnaces, refined to allow volatile materials to escape the “melt.” The melt flows out of the furnace […]

Getting a Charge Out of Roads

The future of electric vehicles could soon come charging down the road – in more ways than one – with composites playing a key role. At a Logan, Utah, test […]

Pushing the Boundaries

More architects are turning to composites to create dazzling designs. Highly complex facades featuring dramatic curves are becoming a signature of today’s architects. New technology and materials are helping designers […]

Boeing to Use 3-D Printed Ice Blocks to Test Future Planes

Boeing has filed a patent for a new technology that 3-D prints artificial composites that look like ice blocks so they can attach to aircraft wings and other surfaces to […]

GE Beings Ground Testing for World’s Largest Commercial Aircraft Engine

Last week, GE Aviation announced it has begun ground testing the world’s largest commercial aircraft engine – the GE9X – that will eventually power Boeing’s 777X aircraft. Once finished, the […]