More and more aircraft are rolling off the production line with a primarily composite structure. Are these harder to repair ...

Heatcon Composite Systems has introduced a new aircraft composite repair system that enables repairs that were not previously possible with traditional hot bonding technology. The Smart Susceptor uses ...

From the earliest days of aviation, aircraft structures were made of metal. Gradually, aluminum emerged as the preferred option for primary, secondary and tertiary structures because of its ...

Automated, on-aircraft bonded patch prep. DMG MORI (Bielefeld, Germany) and SAUER (Stipshausen, Germany) have co-developed this ULTRASONIC mobileBLOCK 5-axis milling unit, which attaches to aircraft ...

A collaborative research initiative in Europe is seeking to use digital twin processes to manage the entire life-cycle of next-generation aircraft composite structures. The project aims to provide ...

North Carolina State University researchers have demonstrated a carbon fiber composite that can repair internal cracks over 1,000 times in lab tests, far exceeding prior self-healing materials. If ...