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What are the Basic Concepts of Structural Composites Design?
Designing functional, structural composites is an extremely complicated task that uses various numerical tools, with several disciplines ...
Jun 22, 20223 min read


What is Vacuum-assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM)?
The method involves primarily putting the fibers or cloth fabrics in a preform in the desired configuration.
Jun 22, 20223 min read


What are the Fundamental Steps of Composites Manufacturing?
There are four fundamental steps involved in composites manufacturing:
-Impregnation
-Lay-up
-Consolidation
- Solidification
Jun 20, 20223 min read


How to Conduct Composites Design for Automated Production?
A deep dive into production planning and simulation of composites!
Jun 20, 20225 min read


Composites Waste - How to Track and Reduce Waste?
- capture composites manufacturing waste
- Individual production material efficiency realization
- suitable recycling technologies
Jun 19, 20224 min read


What is the Pultrusion Manufacturing Process?
The continuous process to produce constant cross-sectional profiles with composites materials
Jun 16, 20224 min read


e-training: Composites Design, Manufacturing, and Business
How we learn about composites and light structures design has changed drastically be it due to Covid-19, zoom classes, or open-access...
Jun 13, 20225 min read


What is Automated Fibre Placement (AFP)?
Learn the basics of the AFP process with unique possibilities!
Jun 1, 20223 min read


Things to Consider in Additive Manufacturing using Continuous Fiber - Placement or Printing?
Ever since continuous fiber 3D printers burst onto the scene in 2014, engineers around the world have sought a system that could 3D print...
May 31, 20224 min read


Things to Know about Sandwich Panel in Advanced Composites Manufacturing
In this article, we will combine the theories discussed in Beam Bending and Fiber Strength, and how to combine them in the world of...
May 26, 20223 min read


Addcomposites installs a First-of-its-Kind double tow AFP system at UTA
The Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Analysis (LAMMA) at The University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX) has...
May 18, 20222 min read


Addcomposites announces open access to AFP programming & simulation software
Addcomposites announces open access to AFP simulation software to support composites digitization
May 17, 20222 min read


AddPath Installation Instructions
AddPath Installation instruction
Apr 28, 20222 min read


Tape winding with AddPath: Thermoplastic, 3D printed mandrels, Thermosets
AddPath tape winding module is now live and allows tape winding over axis-symmetric, non-axis symmetric and 3d printed closed shapes.
Mar 21, 20221 min read


Path-Planning, Simulation, and Defect Detection Platform for Automated Fiber Placement
AddPath platform now supports multiple AFP tools, enabling them to do more than just flat layups.
Mar 19, 20223 min read
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