Industrial quality control increasingly relies on imaging techniques such as X-ray radiography and computed tomography to inspect the internal structure of components without damaging them. These methods can reveal features that are difficult or impossible to observe...

Modern aerospace research does not suffer from a lack of data. The real challenge is making data understandable and reusable across the many tools, organisations and lifecycle stages involved in the development of an aerostructure. CompSTLar addresses this challenge...

Introduction As modern aircraft increasingly rely on advanced composite materials to reduce weight, improve fuel efficiency and lower emissions, maintenance and repair technologies must evolve alongside them. Airlines and maintenance providers are under growing...

At AIMEN, Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) is deployed not only as an advanced composite layup technology, but as a fully digital, data‑driven manufacturing system. Within the CompSTLar project, AFP plays a key role in demonstrating how manufacturing data can be...

Tapes surface roughness determines the time evolution of the degree of intimate contact required for ensuring the molecular diffusion and the associated tapes consolidation. However, usual characterization of rough surfaces usually relies in statistical descriptors...

Aerospace structures must become lighter, more durable, and recyclable, enabling better aircraft performance and greater fuel efficiency. Innovation rarely happens by accident, and every technology needs a suitable demonstration platform. In the CompSTLar project, the...

The aerospace sector is flourishing with ambitious endeavors and cutting-edge technologies, from "Space 4.0" to advanced bioengineering. Looking to the future, Europe is anticipating exponential growth in aerospace, with a staggering seven million job openings...

In the context of the CompSTLar project, a physical and digital research platform dedicated to the whole supply chain for advanced composite aerostructures is in development phase. The main objective of this platform is the integration of the different systems and...

Think of a carbon fibre tow as a tightly braided strand of hair and the thermoplastic resin as a thick, glossy varnish. If you want that varnish to reach every single hair, you first have to comb the braid open. In a thermoplastic impregnation line, that "combing"...

Thermoplastic composites are gaining lot of terrain in the manufacturing arena due to its lightweighting and sustainability potential. Those are composed by a thermoplastic polymer matrix mixed with fibres that acts as a reinforcing element, providing the whole...