Aerospace designers and manufacturers have been turning more frequently to solid-laminate composite materials for major components of commercial aircraft, including wings and fuselages. As an example, ...

Modern and well-cared-for composite aircraft like the 2004 Columbia in the main image are worth considering, but only after a focused inspection. Buying used composite aircraft involves unique risks ...

UTComp Inc., a global FRP composites engineering and inspection company, has established a certification program for UltraAnalytix inspection personnel that complies with the requirements of ...

Airbus Services has launched a new Structure Training offer focusing on composite materials that is now available for customers worldwide. New generation aircraft featuring advanced materials require ...

Abaris Training Resources Inc., a leader in advanced composite structures training, and KVE Composites Group, that specialises in design, manufacturing, and repair of advanced composite structures, ...

The hidden nature of composite damage poses an unusual challenge for the cycling industry. “A CFRP frame can sustain significant internal damage in the form of delamination, matrix cracking or ply ...

A two-dimensional bar code reader capable of seeing through paint may prove to be the foundation of a handheld three-dimensional ultrasound camera that it is hoped will vastly facilitate the ...

A vision inspection system using 3D modelling could save composite manufacturers valuable time and money by eliminating the manual inspection process of composite materials and parts, according to ...

It was recently reported from a case study done by researchers at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC; Rotherham, U.K.) that a vision inspection system using 3D ...

Researchers at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) have revealed that a vision inspection system using 3D modelling could help composite manufacturers save time ...