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Spintech Holdings Inc. and its fabrication division Hawthorn Composites are using demonstrator components like this subscale tactical UAV wing to test and validate the use of infusion and preform technologies for more cost-effective aerospace and defense components. Photo Credit, all images: Spintech Holdings Inc. Prepreg and autoclave cure have been the state of the art for aerospace and defense composite components for many years. Spintech Holdings Inc. (Xenia, Ohio, U.S.) and its fabrication...

In this Digital Demo, Craig Jennings, CEO of SpinTech Holdings Inc. introduces Hawthorn Composites and the high-value complex composites parts that are developed by deploying low-cost materials with resin transfer molding and novel manufacturing methods.  Tom Margraf, president of SpinTech Holdings Inc., reviews Hawthorn Composites case studies. One case study discusses a subscale munition fuselage that was originally assembled in three separate parts: a nose, a main body and a tail, usi...

Photo Credit: Spintech Holdings Inc. It was reported on Feb. 8 that Spintech Holdings, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio, U.S.) has been awarded two United States Air Force Research Laboratory Small Business Technology Transfer (STRR) Program contracts totaling $300,000 with the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.), Aurora Flight Sciences (a Boeing company, Manassas, Va., U.S.) and a leading electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) OEM as part of AFWERX’s Agility Prime...

Photo Credit: Spintech Holdings, Inc. Spintech Holdings, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio, U.S.) announced on Jan. 18 the opening of a new composites manufacturing business division named Hawthorn Composites. This new division extends Spintech Holdings’ composite capabilities beyond the existing Smart Tooling division that provides formable and reusable composite tooling solutions for complex geometry composites. Hawthorn Composites specializes in manufacturing complex geometry composite parts using nove...