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 ...

The people at Premier Autoclaves are well known as the goto guys for all things autoclave in the UK, and increasingly elsewhere in Europe. They were set up as a service and upgrade business back in ...

As the composites revolution continues, industry is shifting toward more advanced “out of autoclave” processing technology to reduce the costs of manufacturing these weight-saving components. Large ...

Australian technology company Quickstep has moved closer to adoption of its composite manufacturing process by the aerospace industry with the expansion of a testing programme with the UK's Spirit ...

Plasan Carbon Composites is introducing a new production technology that dramatically speeds production of carbon-fiber reinforced plastics, the composite material used in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Robots on either side of the flat sheet manipulate the metal into its final shape. Credit: Machina Labs Machina Labs is to develop its robotic sheet metal forming process to manufacture metal tooling ...

In the on-going commitment to reduce weight even further in automotive structures, many OEMs and suppliers are focusing on implementing the best and most cost-effective processing techniques to ...