Components made of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) are increasingly being used to make aircraft lighter, more comfortable and more economical. In order to make these aircraft even safer and ...

Wickert Maschinenbau GmbH (Landau, Germany), has developed a new, efficient and fast thermoforming press for the production of aircraft structural components from composite materials. The ...

Fleet Readiness Center East at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point is set to become one of only two sites in the world to use laser technology to strengthen aircraft structural components. The ...

North Aircraft Industries selected for proven complex aerospace composite manufacturing, engineering, and testing ...

Wickert Machinenbau, a German company producing complex, fully automated systems integrated in its hydraulic presses, will present its new thermoforming press dedicated to the production of aircraft ...

After obtaining the China’s large aircraft body supplier qualification in 2009, Xizi Aviation, Zhejiang’s first aviation parts manufacturing base began to enter operational materiality and recently ...

Norsk Titanium produces aerospace structures using Rapid Plasma Deposition™, in which titanium wire is melted by argon-shrouded plasma torches, to form near-net-shape parts. The company is developing ...

The application of new materials and structures technology in commercial transport aircraft depends on a number of interrelated considerations. This part of the report describes trends and forecasts ...

In an industry as large and competitive as the aeronautical business, production optimization and efficiency are imperative. This need for production advancements is intensified further by increasing ...