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

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 ...

Product: GMI Aero provides a range of composite repair equipment and services to airlines, MROs and OEMs, including engineering solutions, training, field assistance services and its range of Anita ...

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 ...

Composite repair systems have emerged as a vital strategy for restoring the integrity of steel pipelines compromised by corrosion and mechanical damage. These systems utilise advanced composite ...

The restoration of composite materials through repair strategies is an area of growing importance in dental materials science. Composite repair seeks to re-establish both the mechanical integrity and ...

BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kaman Composites – Wichita, Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Kaman Corporation (NYSE:KAMN), announced today the expansion of its composite repair services to the ...

Scarfed repair surfaces are time consuming to prepare and often consistency depends on the skill of the repair technician. Step sanded repair surfaces are even more time consuming and difficult to ...

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 ...

Manual repair and reworking of composite components are time-consuming and work-intensive. This is especially true of scarfing performed as preparation for patch repair. With geometrically adaptive ...

Aerostructures manufacturer GKN Aerospace is working with airframer Boeing on a series of advances to enable more accurate repair of composite components and to allow otherwise invisible damage to be ...

For steel-structured ships and offshore oil and gas production units, corrosion is a constant threat and maintenance an ongoing challenge. The most common “crop and renew” repair technique uses “hot ...