SAMPE Journal - March/April 2020 - 45

Woodward, Inc. and Hexcel Corporation have announced a definitive
agreement to combine in an all-stock merger of equals to create a premier
integrated systems provider serving the aerospace and industrial sectors. The
combined company will focus on technology-rich innovations to deliver smarter,
cleaner, and safer customer solutions.

"The future of flight and energy efficiency will be de-

fined by next-generation platforms delivering lower
cost of ownership, reduced emissions, and enhanced
safety - and a combined Hexcel and Woodward will
be at the forefront of this evolution.

Nick Stanage, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and President of Hexcel
The combined company, to be named Woodward Hexcel, will be among the
top independent aerospace and defense suppliers globally by revenue. It will have
more than 16,000 employees, manufacturing operations in 14 countries on five
continents, and a diversified customer base across multiple markets.
For more information visit www.hexcel.com.

Solvay has announced the completion
of its Double Diaphragm Forming (DDF)
demonstrator line at its Heanor facility
in the UK. The fully automated line
goes from raw material to cured parts
within a 3 minute takt time, opening new
opportunities for high rate composite
part manufacture.
The DDF method automates dry fibre
pre-forming, prepreg pre-forming or
press moulding into a single-step process
speeding up the takt time involved
in part making. Solvay says its DDF
technology will also cut down on labour
costs and processing times due to the two
diaphragm layers preventing the need for
tool preparation and cool down between
mouldings. The diaphragm itself can
act as a protective layer for painting and
bonding operations.
For more information visit: www.
solvay.com/.

AnalySwift LLC, a Purdue University-affiliated commercial software provider, has received a $125,000 Small Business Technology
Transfer (STTR) grant from NASA. The STTR award will help the company further
develop its SwiftComp software, technology that provides efficient, high-fidelity
modeling of deployable structures made of high-strain composites.
NASA is looking to use the software technology, in part, to study deployables made
of high-strain composites that are lightweight and feature time- and temperaturedependent behavior.
In addition to deployable composite booms, NASA could leverage the software
for structures such as living vessels, foldable panels, hinges and reflectors, as well as
lightweight structures such as satellite buses, landers, rovers, solar arrays and antennas.
Other applications include highly flexible wings for future aircraft and highly fatigueand damage-tolerant structures for revolutionary vertical lift aircraft.
For more information visit https://analyswift.com.
No. 1007 is an electrically-heated, 500ºF (~260ºC) top-loading oven
from Grieve, currently used for curing composite components.
Workspace dimensions are 26-1/2' wide x 2' deep x 2-1/2' high. 60 KW
are installed in Nichrome wire heating elements and three (3) 3-HP
recirculating blowers total 9000 CFM to provide horizontal rear-tofront airflow to the workload.
This Grieve top-loading oven features 4" insulated walls,
aluminized steel interior and exterior, motor-operated rear-hinged
door and compressed air manifold with eight connections. The unit
meets NEMA 12 electrical standards, while the floor of the workspace
is reinforced for 5000 lb. loading to support the customer's fixtures.
Controls onboard No. 1007 include a digital programming
temperature controller, 16-point strip chart recorder and tower light
to indicate machine status.
To learn more visit www.grievecorp.com.
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