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Composites activity contracted faster for the third month in a row
GBI: Composites Fabricating landed at 41.6, becoming one of the index’s more significant declines in 2024 so far.
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Carbon fiber, bionic design achieve peak performance in race-ready production vehicle
Porsche worked with Action Composites to design and manufacture an innovative carbon fiber safety cage option to lightweight one of its series race vehicles, built in a one-shot compression molding process.
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Corebon induction heating
This sidebar to CW’s August 2024 feature article reviews this technology for more efficient composites manufacturing and why it aligns with Koridion active core molding.
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Active core molding: A new way to make composite parts
Koridion expandable material is combined with induction-heated molds to make high-quality, complex-shaped parts in minutes with 40% less material and 90% less energy, unlocking new possibilities in design and production.
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Laser-excited acoustics provide contact-free, nondestructive composites inspection
Xarion’s couplant-free NDT technology uses laser physics and a membrane-free optical microphone, eliminating the requirement for fluid coupling, widening the scope for NDT technology.
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Optimized rib-reinforced hollow composites via printed molds
Addyx topology optimization and water-soluble mandrel enables simultaneous rib and skin layup for one-shot, high-strength, lightweight structures.
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Photothermal tomography for locating, quantifying defects in composites
Years of infrared testing development result in thermography technology that is no longer just qualitative, but can define defect size and depth, making additional UT scans obsolete.
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Composites end markets: Automotive (2024)
Recent trends in automotive composites include new materials and developments for battery electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell technologies, and recycled and bio-based materials.
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Guidance for the thermoforming process
A briefing on some of the common foam core material types, forming methods and tooling requirements.
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Getting ready for CAMX 2024
The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo’s 10th anniversary trade show and conference will be held in San Diego from Sept. 9-12, 2024.
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Composites industry activity continued to contract faster in June
Composites Fabricating’s second month of contraction, also reflected in other industry segments, suggests larger factors are at play.
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Revisiting the OceanGate Titan disaster
A year has passed since the tragic loss of the Titan submersible that claimed the lives of five people. What lessons have been learned from the disaster?
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