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Podcast Ep. #49 – 9T Labs is Producing High-Performance Composite Materials Through 3D Printing

On March 2, 2021 · In 3D Printing, Composite Materials, Manufacturing, Podcast, Structural Efficiency

Martin Eichenhofer is the CEO & co-founder of 9T Labs, a company that was spun out of ETH Zürich in Switzerland. The company specialises in providing software solutions and manufacturing equipment for producing high-quality and high-performance composite materials using 3D printing.

By marrying the worlds of composite materials and 3D printing, 9T Labs is […]

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Podcast Ep. #46 – Tow-Steered Composite Materials with iCOMAT

On January 22, 2021 · In Composite Materials, Manufacturing, Podcast, Structural Efficiency

Dr Evangelos Zympeloudis is the CEO and co-founder of iCOMAT, a company based in the UK that is developing automated manufacturing equipment for tow-steered composites. Fibre-reinforced plastics, such as carbon-fibre or glass-fibre composites, hold great promise for high-performance and lightweight design due to their excellent stiffness and strength properties at low material density. Traditional […]

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Podcast Ep. #41 – Alpine Advanced Materials and the Ultralight Nanocomposite Material HX5™

On September 25, 2020 · In Composite Materials, Nanomaterials, Novel Materials/Tailored Structures, Podcast, Structural Efficiency

In this episode I am speaking to Aaron Daniel and Peter Shpik of Alpine Advanced Materials. Alpine Advanced Materials specialises in the design and manufacture of custom-engineered parts and products for demanding aerospace and energy applications. The company is currently commercialising a high-performance material known as HX5™, which is a thermoplastic nanocomposite originally developed by Lockheed […]

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Podcast Ep. #27 – A Masterclass on Friction Welding with TWI’s Bertrand Flipo

On March 19, 2019 · In Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing, Podcast, Structural Efficiency, Technology

In this episode I am speaking to Bertrand Flipo from The Welding Institute in Cambridge, UK. TWI Ltd has a long history of innovation in welding research, having been established as the British Welding Research Association in 1946. TWI Ltd is a world leader in research on friction welding and has been at the […]

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Podcast Ep. #12 – The Perlan Project: Soaring to the Edge of Space

On June 5, 2018 · In Aircraft, Composites, Gliders, Podcast, Structural Efficiency

This episode features an in-depth look at the Perlan Project. The mission of the Perlan Project is to fly an engineless aircraft to the edge of space, in this case, by taking advantage of an aerodynamic phenomenon known as wave lift. Not only is soaring to 90,000 feet an audacious goal, but on top of […]

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