Composites represent perhaps the most dynamic area of development in material science, with emerging applications across a spectrum of markets, notably aerospace design and construction. But, being ...

JEC Europe 2012 – The development of repair procedures for composite structures is becoming a major industrial issue. Classical machining processes using hand-held tools offer high adaptability but ...

Suhner Industrial Products Corp. (Rome, Georgia) is introducing machining units with special guards that protect mechanical and electrical components against contamination from fiberglass dust and ...

Machining of composite materials presents unique challenges arising from their heterogeneous microstructure, anisotropic reinforcement phases and sensitive polymer matrices. Conventional techniques ...

”Companies that have been hit by the decline in the North American toolmaking sector could find new opportunities in the composites area,” according to Delcam’s Brett Hopkins. “Their skills in ...

Many issues for cutting composite materials must be resolved as their applications multiply. Manufacturers of large structures often need to remove weight from the product, which has pushed the ...

CompoTech Plus spol. s r.o. (Sušice, Czech Republic) announced on Jan. 20 that it has developed a new next-generation hybrid steel and carbon fiber (CF) composite milling cutting disc in collaboration ...

Sandvik has completed the previously announced acquisition of the Spain-based company Preziss, a cutting tools and solutions provider within high-precision drilling, reaming, milling and tooling ...

Machining, composite and integrated manufacturing specialists at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre have joined forces to build what is believed to be the world’s first ...

Global industrial group Leonardo (Rome, Italy) has experienced a leap in its production of complex carbon fiber tiltrotor blades for one of its helicopter programs after implementation of advanced CNC ...