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Propeller for Electric Aircraft Offers High Efficiency and Low Noise

April 08, 2024

The Swinburne University of Technology’s Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub’s (AIR Hub) AIR Pass program supports small to medium-sized aviation businesses. As part of this program, researchers at AIR Hub...

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3D Printed Honeycombs Could Provide Improved Protection in Football Helmets and More

February 12, 2024

The importance of protection in football and bicycle helmets has become a hot topic as scientists learn more about brain injuries. Researchers from the University of Colorado of Boulder...

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REIN4CED and DIEFFENBACHER Developed Large-scale Series Production of Thermoplastic Carbon Bicycle Frames

February 05, 2024

Cyclists look for lightweight, strong bicycles frames and, seeing as cycling is a clean mode of transportation, many also look for the materials in the frames to be sustainably...

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KraussMaffei Created a Biologically Reinforced Bioplastic Incorporating Lignin

January 29, 2024

KraussMaffei and Synergy Horizon Group developed a process to produce a 100% bio-based reinforced thermoplastic – lignin-reinforced polylactide.    Lignin is often considered a waste by-product of the bioethanol...

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Piasecki Developing VTOL Unmanned Aerial Aircraft for U.S. Air Force AFWERX Program

January 22, 2024

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation, in conjunction with the Air Force Research Laboratory, received a $37M contract from the U.S. Air Force’s innovation program, AFWERX, as part of its Strategic Funding...

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NASA Testing Carbon Fiber Rotor Blades for Mars Helicopters

January 16, 2024

NASA’s testing of future aircraft designs is both earthly and out of this world. Here on Earth, the agency is testing carbon fiber rotor blades for the next-generation Mars...

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Inspired Overland Develops Ultra-lightweight Rooftop Tent with Carbon Fiber

November 20, 2023

Inspired Overland was founded with the intent of developing products for off-road and overland campers that are affordable and high-quality. The company succeeded and received the SEMA (Specialty Equipment...

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Carbon Fiber Being Recycled in Unique Way to Build Superbike

November 13, 2023

New Zealand-based Vélos Advancements is building its new Holocene road bike from recycled Toray carbon fiber. According to Vélos, its focus is on “taking a novel and possibly world-first...

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Apply Carbon Commissioned the World’s First Fully Automated Mass Production Plant for Recycled Carbon Fiber

October 30, 2023

Production and disposal of carbon fiber are energy intensive and environmentally challenging. As recent news has shown, sustainability is becoming increasingly important as a tenet of business. Apply Carbon...

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Omni Tanker and UNSW are Leading a Digital Transformation in Composites Manufacturing

October 23, 2023

Omni Tanker is in the enviable position of global demand exceeding its production capabilities. As the company expanded into aerospace and hydrogen transport applications, leadership realized that action was...

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