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Lockheed Martin and Arconic Collaborate on 3D Printing and Advanced Aerospace Materials
As part of an initiative to develop next-generation advanced materials and manufacturing processes, Lockheed Martin Corporation, based out of Bethesda,...
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Parker Aerospace and GKN Aerospace to Develop Passive Cooling Solutions for Next-Generation Aircraft Engines
Parker Aerospace, a business group of Cleveland-based Parker Hannifin Corporation, has reached a collaborative technology...
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Using Thermoplastics in Aerospace Applications
In August 2017, Qantas Airlines laid down the challenge to both Boeing and Airbus to offer an aircraft that can cross one of aviation's “last frontiers.” That “last frontier” was an...
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3D Printed Spacecraft Parts
Stratasys Ltd.Eden Prairie, MN952-937-3000www.stratasys.com/aerospace Phoenix Analysis and DesignTechnologies (PADT) Tempe, AZ1-800-293-PADTwww.padtinc.com Stratasys Ltd., a company that specializes in applied...
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RT LTA Develops an Improved Bladder Material for Lighter-Than-Air SkyStar Aerostats
Israel-based aerostat company RT LTA Systems Ltd. completed the development of an improved light-weight elastic material for aerostat bladders. These new...
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Researchers Push Limits in High-Temp, Polymer Additive Manufacturing
Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate are “turning up the heat” in the field of polymer additive manufacturing....
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Tenneco Tech Center Expands NVH Capabilities with New Materials Lab
A material analysis lab and a dual material injection press, the latest additions to Tenneco’s Milan Technical Center, are helping technical specialists develop and...
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Linking Embroidery and Carbon Fiber to save Weight and Cost
The story of carbon fiber’s use by the automotive industry in medium- to high-volume manufacturing has for decades moved through chapters of high expectation and low likelihood....
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Rolls-Royce and Superdielectrics Explore Supercapacitor Technology
Last month, Rolls-Royce signed a collaboration agreement with UK-based technology start-up Superdielectrics Ltd to create next-generation, high-energy storage technology....
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Citroen C4 Cactus
Its birth may have been way back in 1955, but any mention among auto-industry technology aficionados of Citroën’s then startlingly radical DS will generate a sigh of admiration that echoes the sighs of the car's radical...
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What We’re Driving: 2018 Chrysler 300 S AWD
Selling a car, any kind of car, is tough business in a time when everyone wants crossovers. It’s always seemed particularly difficult for FCA, so in more than one sense you can see the logic...
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Stratasys Unveils High-Production Additive Manufacturing Spin-Off
Traditional manufacturers have long sought to combine the benefits of additive manufacturing with the material, quality, and economics of traditional production processes....
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Designing With Plastics for Military Equipment
U.S. soldiers carry loads of equipment and protective gear that can weigh anywhere from 45 to 130 pounds. This is more than enough to quickly tire even the most well-conditioned personnel,...
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Made in Space to Increase Material Portfolio After Two Years of Printing in Space
Made In Space, Inc. (MIS) is celebrating the two-year anniversary of the Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF) printing onboard the International Space Station...
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BAAM Gets Bigger
At the end of 2017, Additive Engineering Solutions (AES) took delivery of a second “big area additive manufacturing” (BAAM) machine and two CNC machining centers: a large-format, Thermwood 5-axis router and a...
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Faster, Lighter, Stronger: Aerospace Composites Join Together Advanced Materials
Boeing and Airbus forecast a worldwide demand for up to 40,000 new aircraft over the next two decades. With a 10-year production backlog and new aircraft...
Articles Transportation
Plastics Key to Mobility Innovations
The 2017 SPE Innovation Awards highlight the design, engineering and materials-science collaborations between vehicle OEMs and their tier suppliers.
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Longer, Lower, Wider Fashion Reaches Formula One for 2017
American Formula One viewers squinting through bleary eyes at the live early-morning broadcasts from Europe have noticed changes to the sophisticated race cars for the 2017: they are...
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Navy Chemists Develop Field-Repairable Transparent Armor
Research chemists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have developed and patented a transparent thermoplastic elastomer armor to reduce weight, inherent in most bullet-resistant...
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Army Explores 3-D Printing's Future Applications
A soldier heads back to camp, grabs a power bar and unloads his gear. The power bar, which was "printed" minutes earlier, contains all the nutrients his body currently needs, according to...
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Royal Navy Uses Pilotless Aircraft to Navigate Through Ice
A tiny pilotless aircraft, built by the University of Southampton, launched from the Royal Navy’s ice patrol ship HMS Protector for the first time to assist with navigating...
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Maintenance-Free Bearings
Aurora Bearing offers maintenance-free PTFE lined alternatives to fractured race and light series spherical bearings used in hydraulic cylinders in both metric and inch dimension series. The bearings are best used in...
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Systems-engineering a New 4x4 Benchmark
"We set a high target for this program: Create the industry’s most fuel-efficient four-wheel-drive system, with the greatest off-road capability and functionality,” said Mike Kirk, Chrysler’s...
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Mixed-Service Tires
Goodyear G731 MSA and G751 MSA tires for mixed-service applications are offered with or without DuraSeal technology and enable construction, dump, cement mixers, and other fleets to travel across challenging surfaces....
Technology Report Design
ZF's CEO Talks About Lightweight Vehicle Applications
The debut of a brake pedal and its housing unit made from fiber-reinforced thermoplastics on a MY2014 German sports car serves as a vivid example of weight-conscious products reaching production application.
Briefs Materials
Shape Memory Polymer Process Development
This work introduces a simple technique of separately fabricating electrospun short fibers. This technique employs a paper mesh, which is placed between the needle tip and counter electrode of the...
Briefs Materials
Outdoor Synthetic Aperture Acoustic Ground Target Measurements
A novel outdoor synthetic aperture acoustic (SAA) system consists of a microphone and loudspeaker traveling along a 6.3-meter rail system. This is an extension of a prior indoor...
Tech Transfer Reports Materials
Shape-Memory Material Could Improve Prosthetics
A shape-memory composite material developed for satellite antennas could prove useful in prosthetics and next-generation ski boots. The material, identified by the trade name TEMBO®, was...
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