Thermoplastic composite welding is based on melting the matrix and consists in joining two composite parts without adding any external material. It is a viable alternative to traditional rivet ...

Components for the aerospace or transportation industry are typical applications for fibre-reinforced thermoplastic polymer composites. These components often require the production of large, complex ...

The lower fuselage half of the Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator (MFFD) being assembled at SAM|XL, shown here with conduction-welded stringers and ultrasonic spot-welded clips. Photo Credit: ...

If you want to improve efficiency and save valuable time, you must understand welding productivity; if you are tired of projects taking longer than expected, is welding productivity becoming a ...

Thermoplastic composite (TPC) welding has been a key topic for CW since the March 2006 feature, “Thermoplastic composites gain leading edge on the A380”. That article described GKN Fokker’s (Hoogeveen ...