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Alliance lightweight: Manufacturing and joining technologies from the perspective of lightweight

August 2nd, 2010 | By Frank in aerospace, Aerospace Industry, Automotive Industry, Business, Composite production, Exhibitors | No Comments »

Lightweight means to realize a weight reduction, with sufficient rigidity, dynamic stability and strength. This is to ensure that the developed components and structures fulfill their tasks safely over the period of use.

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Fiberforge announces a strategic collaboration with Fraunhofer Institute

Juli 26th, 2010 | By Frank in aerospace, Aerospace Industry, Automotive Industry, Business, Composite production, Exhibitors, Innovation, Technology | No Comments »

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO — 29 June 2010. Fiberforge announces today that Fraunhofer ICT and Fiberforge have started a strategic collaboration on R&D projects for various industries such as, automotive and aerospace. As part of this collaboration, Fraunhofer ICT will be installing a RELAY® Station 2000 at its state-of-the-art thermoplastics research center. This will be the first RELAY Station installation in Europe offering clients the ability to develop and demonstrate the production of thermoplastic advanced composite structures upward of 2 m x 2 m (80 in. x 80 in.) in size on a full-scale production work cell.

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Wings with a nervous system – Lighter, cheaper and more environmentally friendly

Juli 21st, 2010 | By Frank in aerospace, Aerospace Industry, Automotive Industry, Business, Engineering, Exhibitors, Innovation, Technology | No Comments »

The Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF presented a four-meter-high exhibit at the COMPOSITES EUROPE – which is equipped with sensor technology SHM-wing mock-up of a light aircraft.

Fiber composites offer special advantages because of their lightweight potential in the aviation sector. The lightweight advantages may be more complex because of the damage behavior in comparison with metallic materials therefore they are not always fully exploit. In the airline for example, the impact is from foreign bodies in composite structures is a particular risk factor, limits the applications and often leads to large safety factors that require a certain amount of oversizing. Sensors which recognize, for example in the wing not externally visible structural damage at an early stage can reduce the inspection effort. The operational safety of the structure is ensured by the design and inspections at regular intervals manually. Through automated monitoring with additional structure integrated sensors can be saved in future costs and weight.


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Tomorrow’s employees – Recruitment in the composites industry

Juli 2nd, 2010 | By Frank in aerospace, Aerospace Industry, Allgemein, Automotive Industry, Composite production, Engineering, General, Innovation, Resources, Technology | No Comments »

11 March this year saw the launch of the new international “Composites” Masters course, being held in English, at the Private University of Applied Sciences in Göttingen.  This means that now, for the first time in Europe, there is a course of studies aimed at resolving the international shortage of graduates in fibre-reinforced plastics. 21 engineers from Spain, France, the United Kingdom, India and Germany will now become experts in carbon composites during the three-semester course.

 

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Neumayer III – Material requirements in the permanent ice.

Juni 8th, 2010 | By Frank in Aerospace Industry, Allgemein, Architecture, Business, Exhibitors, Marine | No Comments »

Neumayer Station III, shortly Neumayer III, named after the geophysicist Georg von Neumayer, is a German polar research station of the Alfred Wegener Institute in the Antarctic.  It is located on the Atka Bay on the 200-meter-thick Ekström Ice Shelf.

Airbus flies with composites

April 14th, 2010 | By Frank in Aerospace Industry | 1 Comment »

When the new Airbus A350 XWB (XWB stands for eXtra Wide Body) takes off on its maiden flight in two years time, this will also represent a milestone for the composites industry. 50% of the fuselage of the wide-bodied aircraft, which is being developed as a competitor to the Boeing 787, is made of composite materials. Last summer, Airbus purchased Read Full Post

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Dezember 18th, 2009 | By Frank in aerospace, Aerospace Industry, Allgemein, Architecture, Automotive Industry, Awards, Biocomposites, Biomaterials, Business, Composite production, COMPOSITES Forum, Construction Industry, Exhibitors, General, Innovation, Product Demonstration Area, Software, Wind Energy Industry | No Comments »
Frank Mertz - Sales Manager @ COMPOSITES EUROPE

Dear reader, sympathizer and friends,

an eventful year is drawing to its end.
We would like to thank you very much for reading our blogpost, visiting our show or telling us what is going wrong or fine.

The year 2009 has the sub-title “year of the crisis”. But we never gave up. We always tried to find a solution – pretty often a creative solution. Our shoulders were closed against the vortex downward.

What will be in 2010 ? – Outlook.

Few days ago we saw that the first plane with extra-easy carbon fibers for Engine tail, Thrust reversing housing etc. is able to fly – and will save 20% of fuel.

In Copenhagen the world discusses over reduction of Co2 – We need stronger energy sources apart from the atoms energy – wind mills with especially long reinforced carbon fibres wings will play a serious role.

My last point: The weight of the battery in electric vehicles must become balanced somehow to protect the positive effects.

Fiber reinforcements are able to change characteristics of plastics. With reinforced plastics designers are able to design more beautiful things and it makes our life lighter. Who would like me a contradicting, if I said that: We improve the world with Composites!

We wish you and your familiy happy holidays as well as a healthy, peaceful and successful new year 2010!

Best regards,

FAM
Frank Mertz
Sales Manager COMPOSITES EUROPE

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Abschlussbericht: COMPOSITES EUROPE mit weiterem Wachstumsschub

Oktober 29th, 2009 | By Angela in Aerospace Industry, Architecture, Automotive Industry, Awards, Biocomposites, Biomaterials, Business, Composite production, COMPOSITES Forum, Construction Industry, Exhibitors, General, Innovation, Product Demonstration Area, Software, Wind Energy Industry | No Comments »

1COMPOSITES_EUROPE_2009_4_530Die COMPOSITES EUROPE bleibt auf Wachstumskurs. Das unterstreicht die diesjährige Veranstaltung, die erneut deutliche Zuwächsen verbuchte. Mit 15 Prozent mehr Ausstellern und einem Plus von gut 48 Prozent bei der Zahl der Fachbesucher setzte die COMPOSITES EUROPE ihren Erfolgskurs gegenüber der Vorveranstaltung in Stuttgart ungebremst fort. Insgesamt 313 Aussteller aus 24 Nationen und 6.120 Fachbesucher kamen zur vierten Auflage der europäischen Fachmesse für Verbundwerkstoffe, die vom 27. bis 29. Oktober in Stuttgart stattfand.

„Die COMPOSITES EUROPE erwies sich erneut als europaweiter Impulsgeber für die Composites-Industrie“, so Hans-Joachim Erbel, Geschäftsführer des Veranstalters, der Reed Exhibitions Deutschland GmbH, zum Abschluss der dreitägigen Messe. „In einer konjunkturell schwierigen Situation gehen von der COMPOSITES EUROPE, die ja auch als Innovationsbarometer verstanden werden kann, wichtige Impulse zur Belebung der Branche aus. Viele der präsentierten Innovationen sind serienreif oder stehen kurz vor der Markteinführung und werden dementsprechend in naher Zukunft neue Kunden finden“, so Volker Fritz, Präsident des europäischen Branchenverbandes EuCIA, dem Partner der Messe.

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Beim Klebetechnik-Workshop blieben Besucher kleben – Reges Interesse am Vortragsprogramm zur innovativen Verbindungstechnik

Oktober 29th, 2009 | By Angela in Aerospace Industry, Construction Industry, Innovation, Wind Energy Industry | No Comments »

Innovative Klebetechnik – dieser Workshop auf der COMPOSITES EUROPE hat den Nerv der Zeit und das Interesse des Publikums getroffen. Zeitweilig drängten sich beinahe 100 Zuschauer um das Forum in Halle 4. Dabei reichten die Sitzplätze nicht aus, so dass sich sogar eine Schlange vor der Arena bildete. Eingeleitet und moderiert wurde die Veranstaltung von Prof. Dr. Andreas Groß vom Fraunhofer-Institut für Fertigungstechnik und Angewandte Materialforschung (Bremen).

Er begründete die Notwendigkeit der Informationsveranstaltung mit den Herausforderungen der modernen Fügetechnik, die durch die steigende Zahl von Anforderungen, Werkstoffen, deren Kombinationen und ihre zunehmende Sensitivität bestimmt sei. „Kleben wird dabei immer wichtiger, denn es erhält die Werkstoffeigenschaften und kann bei allen Materialien angewandt werden – eben eine echte Zukunftstechnologie“, erklärte der Experte.

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COMPOSITES EUROPE öffnet in Stuttgart

Oktober 27th, 2009 | By Angela in Aerospace Industry, Automotive Industry, Biocomposites, Business, COMPOSITES Forum, Construction Industry, Exhibitors, Innovation, Product Demonstration Area, Software, Wind Energy Industry | No Comments »

compos~1Mit 313 Ausstellern hat am Dienstag in Stuttgart die COMPOSITES EUROPE begonnen. Drei Tage lang zeigt die Fachmesse die neuesten Technologien und Produkte rund um die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette der faserverstärkten Kunststoffe.

COMPOSITES EUROPE ist die größte Messe im größten europäischen Markt für Verbundwerkstoffe. Mehr als 300 Aussteller präsentieren Innovationen und Neuheiten rund um die Herstellung, Verarbeitung und Anwendungen von innovativen Werkstoffen: u.a. Verbundwerkstoffe für Leichtbau in Automotive, Aerospace, Bau und Konstruktion. Die Messe zeigt die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette für verstärkte Kunststoffe vom Rohmaterial bis zum Fertigprodukt sowie die neuesten Technologien in Verarbeitung und Fertigung von Verbundwerkstoffen.

Öffnungszeiten
27. & 28. Oktober: 9.00 – 18.00 Uhr
29. Oktober: 9.00 – 17.00 Uhr

Adresse
Neue Messe Stuttgart; Messepiazza 1; 70629 Stuttgart

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Flughafenrandstraße/Flughafen
70629 Stuttgart (bei älteren Systemen: 70629 Leinfelden-Echterdingen)