To ensure that the speed of composites fabrication keeps pace with customer demand, the ability to inspect and monitor composite part quality must become an integral part of high-rate part ...

In a development that has generated great interest among composites manufacturers, Electroimpact has announced the development of an automated fiber placement machine cell that fully integrates ...

Manual inspection of AFP layups takes longer than the machine time to create the layup itself and is a major bottleneck and cost driver. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) recently awarded a contract ...

QUEBEC, Oct. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – EXFO Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO) (TSX: EXF) today announced the release of the FIP-400B, a next-generation inspection probe providing crisp, digital images of optical ...

As the trend to make things lighter and stronger continues to ramp up across many industries, it’s no surprise that the demand for carbon-fiber (CF) composites is greater than ever, too. However, CF ...

It’s no secret to anyone involved in aerospace composites that production rates in commercial aircraft assembly lines anchored by advanced layup processes — automated fiber placement (AFP) and ...