DuPont is focusing development of its proprietary nanocomposite technology on a range of polymer matrices including polyester and polyamides. That was one of the announcements made by Nandan Rao, the technology director for performance materials during a press conference in Prague to discuss developments that will be shown at K 2007 in Düsseldorf this fall. At any given temperature, the modulus of nano-reinforced PET improves up to a maximum of 140° Celsius.What it means: use of the nano materials can reduce the amount of glass reinforcement and improve surface properties. Less glass reinforcement opens the door to reduced weight without sacrificing properties.
A new process for laser-welding large-scale, steel-aluminum foam sandwich structures for lightweighting ships, which eliminates intermetallic phase, has been demonstrated.
A major advance in repairing composite structures combining robots and lasers bodes well for commercial aircraft such as the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A350XWB, which contain composites in large proportions of their structures.
Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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