Aircraft are becoming lighter as composite materials replace metal in their components and airframes. Commercial aircraft component manufacturer ATK is employing a variety of new technologies to ...

Composite prototype parts were produced for the aircraft manufacturer at the BBG technical center at Oxford, Mich, U.S., and, satisfied with the production technology, the aerospace company ordered a ...

Lufthansa Technik is using what it says is the world’s first automated adaptive robot system that can be applied to a multitude of MRO processes for composite aircraft parts, including radome ...

Composites are essentially materials made up of 2 or more phases or constituent parts, ... The recycling of composites is a two-step process that involves separating composites from other aircraft ...

Working with Airbus, the collaborative project aims to extend the useful life of composite materials by developing remanufacturing processes and creating a closed-loop recycling system, initially by ...

The aircraft is 50% carbon composite by weight and 80% by volume, Boeing says. Introduced in 2015 as a response to the 787, the Airbus A350 is also manufactured with major composite sections.

End-of-life aircraft recycling program is for thermoplastic composites.

At 700,000 square feet, Boeing Winnipeg is the largest composite manufacturing facility in the country and likely the largest composites aircraft parts plant in the world. The composite parts ...