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90-ton 3D printing beast builds world’s largest carbon fiber Neutron rocket
The AFP machine will be used to produce various small carbon composite structures, including Electron first stages, and other ...
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Multi-functional, Self-healing Composites
Description: Multifunctional composite materials, in which additional functions exist ... are increasingly being manufactured via Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) but the lack of available material ...
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What's Going On With Rocket Lab Stock After Earnings?
The AFP machine will enable Rocket Lab to automate production of the largest carbon composite rocket structures in history. Rocket Lab also announced it has successfully hot fired its new rocket ...
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Video: Adding additional functionality to large fibre composite structures with SEAM
The combination of additive extrusion technologies (3D printing) and Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) combines the flexibility of 3D printing with the performance of AFP laminates and thus enables the ...