A New CAMX for a New Time
In 2020, we have changed the way we live, work and interact with those around us in response to COVID-19. Adaptation has been key this year in almost every aspect, and that theme flowed into CAMX 2020 – The...
Embedding Sensors for Smarter Manufacturing
The wind energy industry is growing in the United States, and that means the country is going to need tens of thousands of new composite wind blades in the next decade. In 2019, it took more than 60,000 wind...
The Technology Behind Bigger Innovation
When chemical company BASF’s Performance Materials division wanted to develop a prototype for a new part over 10 feet in size, it knew compression molding would be the ideal production method. A compression...
Thermosets Expand Opportunities in 3D Printing
The production of large-scale, 3D-printed thermoplastic composite parts has proved that additive manufacturing (AM) can reduce the time, material and labor required to make tooling and other products. But...
Autonomous Aircraft Goes the Distance
Drones and autonomous lightweight vehicles may begin delivering packages to homes and businesses in the coming decade, but their customers will be clustered around urban areas. Startup Elroy Air is aiming to...
Turning Ideas into Innovations
Perhaps now more than ever, university research is critical. Inquisitive researchers on campuses across the U.S. are working on projects related to materials, technologies, processes and applications in the...
