Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing a method to produce aerospace-grade composites without the enormous ovens and pressure vessels currently used in the process ...

Cirrus took a step to produce more of its Vision SF50 single jet in-house with the installation of an autoclave oven at its Grand Forks, N.D. facility. Cirrus this spring expanded the Grand Forks ...

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 ...

Autoclave processing is a well-established technique for producing high-performance composite panels, but it is expensive and energy intensive. Researchers have now demonstrated the ability of an ...

Alenia Composite is acquiring a second autoclave to mitigate the risk of disruption to its one-piece fuselage barrel production for the Boeing 787 programme. The manufacturer's Grottaglie facility ...

Malaysian composite parts specialist CTRM is investing in new technology to attract future airliner programs with its lower labor costs, moving away from design work it finds too cyclical. Focusing on ...

Engineers have developed a method to produce aerospace-grade composites without the enormous ovens and pressure vessels. The technique may help to speed up the manufacturing of airplanes and other ...

When the latest X-plane crafted by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works team soon takes flight over Palmdale, California, observers will be watching a throwback to a previous era of experimental flight ...

Over the past few decades, composite materials have become increasingly prevalent in the manufacture of aerostructures. This recent trend is primarily driven by factors such as toughness performance, ...

Boeing and Airbus plan to increase production significantly with the next generation of airliners, manufacturing up to 100 per month. Making that possible is the exploration of robotic assembly and ...