🎉 The webinar “What does the new EU End-of-Life Vehicle regulation proposal mean for composites?” last week was fully booked! Due to the high demand, the AZL is offering a second date to learn more about and discuss these new regulations. 📌 Date: September 5th, 2023 | 12:00 – 12:30 “[…] A designer for composite[…]
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“Especially the production rates for smaller, short and medium range aircraft and urban air mobility are foreseen to increase, the need for other production technologies and cheaper materials is growing.” Says Warden about the soon-starting project in “Composites in Aircraft” “Companies interested in this area can learn if their existing technologies have potential for new[…]
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The next workgroup meeting is coming up soon: Advanced Thermoset Production 👉 September 7th, 2023 In addition to an in-depth market and technology screening, this meeting will focus on cutting-edge technologies that enable innovative composite design and cost-efficient production, as well as technologies for recycling thermoset composites. Get ready for 4 expert insights: 💡 Claude Maack | Gradel |[…]
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Make sure to register for the free, digital webinar with AZL’s Design Leader Warden Schijve “The new proposed regulation will direct future designs into a more circular direction. It will influence the material choices, but also the design layouts. A designer for composite materials does not only have to think on how to cost-effectively design a[…]
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“Buildings & Infrastructure is already the biggest market for composites but we have seen that there is still a long way to go to increase the awareness of what composites can bring to this market.” says Philipp Wigger – the AZL Institue’s expert for composites in buildings and infrastructure. “For the current trend topics energy efficiency and[…]
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🎉 Last week a special tool arrived at the AZL Institute’s machine hall to demonstrate the feasibility of injection moulding with tape technology in mass produced parts. It will be used to investigate the tape technology at the AZL RWTH Tech Center on a 1700t injection moulding machine. This achievement is possible through the joint[…]
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🚗 What does the new EU End-of-Life Vehicle regulation proposal mean for composites? With focus on composites, AZL’s Design Leader Warden Schijve will give insight into the recently published EU End-of-Life Vehicle regulations in a short webinar (30 min.). What? The webinar will address the following questions: • Why is there a new regulation? • What is[…]
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🔥 We are currently preparing for your next visit in Aachen to the Advanced Thermoset Production Workgroup Meeting 👉 September 7th, 2023. Here is a first impression of what to expect: ✔️ Innovative recycling processes and advancements in the value chain ✔️ Expanding applications of winding technology and hollow components manufacturing ✔️ Cutting-edge technologies enabling[…]
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“By optimizing the production strategy and the design of a pressure vessel, we were able to increase the winding speed and thus reduce the cost of production. With CAE simulations, we can ensure that the optimized layup, for example, meets the requirements for the component and enables processability.” That’s what Ravi Chaitanya Bhairi had to say about[…]
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The next round of the AZL Workgroup Meetings starts soon with “Product Cost Benchmarking” 👉 August 17th, 2023 Already 23 different applications and components were investigated and analysed within this Workgroup. This time the meeting will focus on train seats within the topic commercial seating. 💡 What can you expect: • Concept design and cost[…]
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