UK rocket manufacturer company Gravitilab is working with the National Composites Centre (NCC), to design new composite flight structures for its range of suborbital launch vehicles. The organizations are trialling a carbon fiber propellant tank which also forms part of the outer skin of the launch, helping reduce complexity and mass. While around 30% of […]
According to Collins, its propeller systems offer a 20% thrust increase during take-off, US-based Collins Aerospace has been selected to deliver NP2000 propeller systems with composite blades for US Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve aircraft. The NP2000 propellers will be supplied to an additional 26 C-130H aircraft, and the Air Force plans to […]
The organizers of ASEAN Ceramics say that the next event will take place from 30 November to 2 December 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. The 2023 event will be located in Vietnam, Messe München said. ASEAN Ceramics is a South Asian exhibition of machinery, technology and materials for manufacturing and advanced ceramics. ‘As an active player […]
The MPIF has announced the winner of its 2021 Howard I Sanderow Outstanding Technical Paper Award. The chosen paper, entitled ‘Mix Solution for High Green-Strength and Green Machining’, was submitted by Amber Tims, Roland Warzel, Bo Hu, North American Höganäs; and Per Knutsson, Asa Ahlin, Angelica Hansen, Höganäs AB. The paper was selected from those […]
GKN has delivered its first fixed trailing edge demonstrator for Airbus Wing of Tomorrow program. GKN Aerospace has delivered its first fixed trailing edge (FTE) demonstrator for Airbus’ Wing of Tomorrow (WoT) program. Earlier in 2021 the company produced a single piece composite wing spar for the same program. The FTE is made with dry […]
Textechno, which makes precision testing equipment, says that a test method implemented in its DRAPETEST automatic drapability tester has now been standardized as ISO 21765. This new standard “Textiles – Determination of fabric deformability by forced mechani-cal distension” focuses on the formation of defects during the draping and forming pro-cess of standard and non-crimp fabrics. […]
The September 2021 ceramitec conference attracted around 300 participants from 18 countries. The organizers of ceramitec say that its September 2021 conference attracted around 300 participants from 18 countries. The event, which took place in Munich, Germany, had three concurrent conference tracks during which 80 experts discussed technical ceramics, additive manufacturing, powder metallurgy, process control, […]
The MPIF has issued a call for papers for PowderMet2022 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials and AMPM2022 Additive Manufacturing with Powder Metallurgy conference. The two conferences, taking place in Portland, Oregon, from 12–15 June 2022 are suitable for buyers and specifiers of metal powders, particle-size and powder-characterization equipment, powder handling and blending […]
Chromium oxide clusters, composed of chromium and oxygen atoms, are prized for their unique electrical properties, which allow their conductance to be fine-tuned. The addition of oxygen atoms to chromium clusters increases their metallic properties. Image: Scott Sayres. If you’re old enough, you may still have a box of cassettes or VHS tapes lying around. […]
This illustration depicts a strained monolayer semiconductor emitting chiral valley-polarized light at room temperature. Applying an electric field to the material switches the chiral light from moving in one direction to moving in the other. Image: Nagoya Univ. Takenobu Lab. Researchers in Japan have succeeded in generating circularly polarized light and controlling its direction without […]