The class of materials known as ceramic matrix composites, or CMCs, shows considerable promise for providing fracture-toughness values similar to those for metals such as cast iron. Two kinds of ...

GE Aviation (Cincinnati, OH) is creating adjacent factories in Huntsville, AL to mass-produce silicon carbide (SiC) materials used to manufacture ceramic matrix composite components (CMCs) for jet ...

Engineers at the National Composites Centre (NCC) have completed a European first by manufacturing Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) using Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) technology, paving the way for ...

A second-stage rocket nozzle extension would be fixed and is intended to improve performance and reduce costs. Credit: Firefly The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Firefly Aerospace a ...

CMCs are made up of two major components: a reinforcing material for strength and stiffness and a matrix material to hold the composite together. CMCs have both ceramic reinforcement and matrix. This ...

AZoMaterials spoke to Scott Mittl, Vice President of Sales at Insaco®, about how composite materials are defined, how composites are machined by Insaco, and the expected direction of CMC materials in ...

Xeramic™ materials are formulated by combining selected base polymers with a precisely engineered ceramic filler. Xeramic™ is now available on a bio-based PPA polymer matrix, in the Pure version ...

Market valued at $76.50B in 2024, projected 9.75% CAGR growth driven by aerospace CMCs, EV batteries, semiconductor ...

Ceramic fibers provide the skeletal structure of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) and are major contributors to the composite's mechanical and physical properties. The network of ceramic fibers ...

LIFT is one of 18 Manufacturing USA Innovation Institutes -- hubs designed to enhance domestic supply chains through novel manufacturing approaches and technologies, the release states. This network ...

Carbon fiber-reinforced ultra-high-temperature ceramic (UHTC) matrix composites are extensively used in space shuttles and high-speed vehicles. However, these composites suffer from a lack of ...

An extruded wood polymer composite (WPC) green body that has then been carbonized into a porous preform and then processed via silicon melt infiltration into a high-performance silicon carbide (SiC) ...