Australia-based composites manufacturer Quickstep has made the first sale of its out-of-autoclave carbon composite curing system. Quickstep says that it has secured a €4.5 million ($5.5 million) ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - A large autoclave is now curing composite parts at Boeing's new Research and Technology Center in North Charleston. The aeronautics giant announced on Wednesday that the ...

Although aerospace composites and autoclave cure traditionally have gone hand in hand, Cirrus Design Corp. (Duluth, Minn.) does not own an autoclave. Founded in 1984, the general aviation aircraft ...

Through this collaborative work, the team works on real-time cure monitoring of liquid composite molding and autoclave composites manufacturing process, and developing curing simulation with the ...

Over the past few decades, composite materials have become increasingly prevalent in the manufacture of aerostructures. This recent trend is primarily driven by factors such as toughness performance, ...

Dale Brosius , Contributing Writer, Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) One of the arguments against moving parts from autoclave curing to out-of-autoclave (OOA) curing ...

Elaborate computer modelling of autoclave curing of large composite structures has identified ways to optimise the process to cut up to one-third from curing times. Working with Airbus and nacelle ...

Building on the legacy of the ACR 3, the ACR 4 has enhanced it by adding itintuitive operation, improved control and greater versatility for processing resins, prepregs, adhesives and other composite ...

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing a method to produce aerospace-grade composites without the enormous ovens and pressure vessels currently used in the process ...

An Australian company has secured a U.S. patent on its new process for making high-performance composite parts for aircraft, boats and motor vehicles. Quickstep Holdings Ltd., based in Fremantle, has ...