Ultrasonic joining has been used for decades, but is now being advanced to enable smart, automated fastening in composites ...

Various recycling methods are being considered for composites, from novel dismantling and processing, to building capacity ...

Tooling load-in is already underway ahead of the planned start of initial production beginning early 2025, while Stellantis ...

Ascorium’s CompoLite products combine the company’s polyurethane (PUR) sandwiched between glass fiber or natural fiber, made either via a robot-assisted spray-up and compression molding process (such ...

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As of this December, NASA’s (Washington, D.C., U.S.) Perseverance Mars rover has crested the top of Jezero Crater’s rim at a location the science team calls “Lookout Hill” and is rolling toward its ...

On Dec. 17, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified styrene as one of five candidates for designation as “High Priority Substances for Risk Evaluation” under the agency’s Toxic Substances ...

Skydweller Aero (Oklahoma City, Okla., U.S.) continues its autonomous maritime patrol aircraft (AMPA) flight tests of the company’s composites-intensive uncrewed solar aircraft (USA) with operational ...

Another key project is BRYSON (BauRaumeffiziente Hydrogen Speicher Optimierter Nutzbarkeit or “space-efficient hydrogen storage with optimized usability”) funded by the German Federal Ministry of ...

On Feb. 6, 2024, the USPTO (Alexandria, Va., U.S.) issued Patent No.: US 11,891,473 B2 for “Decomposable and Recyclable Epoxy Thermosetting Resins.” Technology referenced in the patent stems from ...