Complex manual steps in aircraft production – such as the assembly of newly developed, weight-reducing thermoplastic integral frames that stiffen the fuselage in the transverse direction – are to be ...

Visiongain has published a new report entitled Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) Composites Market Report 2024-2034: Forecasts by Polymer Type (Thermosetting and Thermoplastic), by Thermoplastic ...

While the use of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) has become a mainstay in aircraft production, many are unaware there is more than one type available. Airbus, Toulouse, France, is working to ...

Together with Premium AEROTEC, Airbus and Aernnova, DLR has produced and successfully delivered an aircraft fuselage component made of carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastic. Key technologies for the ...

As part of the EU-funded Clean Sky 2/Clean Aviation project “Large Passenger Aircraft” (“LPA”), the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Stade, Germany, together with international project partners, has joined ...

Airbus engineers displaying thermoplastic carbon-fibre reinforced plastic material. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 01-20-2015] Airbus is working to maximize benefit of thermoplastic Carbon-Fibre ...

Japan's Teijin Ltd. is restructuring its business for carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic to try to speed up its penetration of the automotive market, as it eyes setting up a CFRP factory in the United ...

DLR's thermoplastics technology is suitable for the production of large aircraft components CFRP pressure bulkhead – state-of-the-art welding technology from Augsburg was used to bond the curved ...

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC) has announced plans to construct a pilot compounding plant for carbon fiber–reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) compounds in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. MCC has an extensive ...

ILA 2022 l Hall 4 l Booth 350 – Automation solutions for sustainable aircraft construction with new materials and manufacturing processes from Fraunhofer IFAM in Stade increase efficiency and reduce ...

Milestones for the clean and sustainable aviation of tomorrow: Clean Sky 2/Clean Aviation project "MFFD" shows potential of around 10 percent weight reduction and 10 percent cost savings in high-rate ...