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Jaguar Land Rover is preparing for future electric vehicles with advanced lightweight composite research that they say will deliver increased... A new carbon fibre material could bring cost and ...
A new project to enable robots to accurately machine holes in composite aircraft components, is on track to save BAE Systems millions Magellan Aerospace announced in late October 2011 a ribbon cutting ...
Sharklets are large devices made from composites and are 2.4 metres tall. Attached to the A320’s wing-tip during the assembly process, they reduce fuel burn and emissions by improving the aerodynamics ...
The MP4/1 remains a testament to Barnard’s character, drive and imagination. In his early years he cut his teeth with Lola, and then McLaren in the early 1970s, before moving to Parnelli and Chaparral ...
Scott Bader has worked alongside Summit Composites for over 10 years with Summit distributing their composite materials to the Australian market. With Scott Bader’s objective of establishing a ...
Researchers at the University of Delaware’s Centre for Composite Materials (CCM) have created the world’s strongest short fibre composite material that can be stamped into complex shapes, just like ...
Rolls Royce is growing its presence in Southern California, with a $30 million expansion into a new 62,000 square foot facility that will be dedicated to research and development of ceramic matrix ...
Blue Origin, the company owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has completed the first carbon composite nose cone for its new orbital rocket, the New Glenn. With a diameter of 7 metres the company claim that ...
In this video, BMW demonstrates the journey of its carbon fibre, from SGL Carbon’s manufacturing facility in Moses Lake to the Wackersdorf facility where the final product will be the BMW i3. It all ...
OceanGate has announced a new partnership with NASA to develop, manufacture and test all-new carbon fibre pressure vessels NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama will be the ...
Commissioned to coincide with the presence of Peugeot at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, the Peugeot Design Labs have produced this unique GTi Surfboard Concept. Designed by Pierre Gimbergues ...
Inside the massive engines in the world’s largest ships are huge heat exchangers made of cast iron. For the first time, a new research project is looking for an inexpensive composite substitute for ...