Aerospace (Page 6)

Ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials offer great advantages in manufacturing including increased crack resistance, elongation, and thermal shock resistance. Joining CMCs to other materials, however, can be a difficult process involving multiple steps. EWI has developed a one-step brazing method for joining CMC material to itself, metals, and other ceramics. This new technique is described...

With rapid growth in the space exploration industry, there is great demand for fuel efficient, lightweight vehicles with increased capacity for payload. Advances in production materials offer several viable options for space manufacturers. Next Generation Materials for Space Launch Vehicles, a paper by EWI Applications Engineer Mike Eff, examines the material needs of today’s LVs...

In past years, efforts to adopt electric technologies in transportation manufacturing have been focused on the automotive sector. Today, however, industries including aerospace, shipbuilding, and commercial trucking are incorporating electromobility innovations to create products with lower emissions and greater energy efficiency than their traditional alternatives. E-mobility solutions offer attractive benefits, but there are challenges to...