Boeing Demonstrates Use Of Stitching Machine For Carbon Fiber Fabric

Boeing, under contract from NASA's Advanced Composite Technology program, has demonstrated that it will be possible within a decade to use an advanced stitching machine to stitch layers of carbon fiber fabrics to form what could be the wing skin of an aircraft. NASA seeks to reduce the weight of...

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