composite
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Boeing’s New 777X Composite Wing Center
What is the area of 25 football fields and holds 3 of the largest autoclaves in the world? The new state of the art 777X Wing Center. Check out how big it really is.
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GE Aviation and the Ceramic Matrix Composite Revolution
GE Aviation is creating adjacent factories in Huntsville, Alabama, to mass-produce silicon carbide (SiC) materials used to manufacture ceramic matrix composite components (CMCs) for jet engines and land-based gas turbines. For more than 20 years, scientists at GE’s Global Research Centers and GE’s industrial businesses have worked to develop CMCs. In recent years, GE Aviation…
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Boeing 777X: The Wing is the Thing
The amazing, glider-like wings of the Boeing 777X take carbon composites to a new level. Longer and more efficient, these revolutionary wings will change how we fly.