Mukilteo-based aerospace-engineering firm Electroimpact has won the contract to build the automated fiber placement (AFP) machines and systems that Boeing will use to produce the giant carbon-fiber ...

Automated fiber placement has taken a giant leap in Louisiana, thanks to a rare partnership of industry, academia and government that has created the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM), ...

EVERETT, Wash. — Inside a new building just west of Paine Field in this Seattle-area city, a team of young engineers recently gave outsiders the first glimpse at a technological advance critical to ...

At first glance, you might mistake the inside of Electroimpact for an aircraft assembly factory like the Boeing Co.’s. It’s the massive tools — ones used for putting together an aircraft wing or for ...

Few technologies enjoy the high-tech stature of fiber placement and tape laying. The layup speed, the complex cuts, the robotic head's axes of motion and the manufacturing efficiency are impressive — ...

With the innovative integration of an additional rotary axis, the STAXX One system opens up new applications for future mobility and sustainability requirements. The Siemens NC Controls and its ...

As the trend to make things lighter and stronger continues to ramp up across many industries, it’s no surprise that the demand for carbon-fiber (CF) composites is greater than ever, too. However, CF ...

ROCKFORD — Ingersoll Machine Tools has built the largest machine of its kind in the world for the world's richest man — Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, who will use the engineering marvel to build rockets to ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Ingersoll Machine Tools has built the largest machine of its kind in the world for world's richest man - Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, who will use the engineering marvel to build ...