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Carbon fiber/epoxy in production boats
Scout Boats and now Hinckley Yachts showcase how demand for lighter, faster performance pushes materials and process change.
WatchWind energy: A worldwide phenomenon
The wind energy industry is now operative in a genuinely worldwide marketplace.
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Service & repair: Optimizing wind power’s grid impact
As wind farms surge into the electrical mainstream, a fast-growing industry works to maximize the service lives of the composite blades that harvest the power of the wind.
Read MoreSeeking and finding support within the composites industry
Russell Emanis of Innegra Technologies cites those who have helped him during his composites career as inspiration for doing the same for others.
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JEC World 2018: Highlights
You will read more about what we discovered at JEC World 2018 in the coming weeks and months, but for now this is a quick review of some of the highlights from the world’s largest composites trade show.
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Automated Preforming, Part 6: Coriolis Composites
Pioneer in automated fiber placement (AFP) advances preforms for overmolded thermoplastic composites enabling production of one automotive part every 20 seconds.
WatchComposites – A neophyte’s quandary
An oft-cited concern is that new engineers are not exposed to composites as part of their materials science courses.
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Wood/carbon composites for architecture
Innovative organic architecture enabled with wood/carbon laminates, software tools.
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Humanity Star satellite to begin early descent
Reflective carbon fiber satellite’s brief mission of “making people look up” will come to an end earlier than expected.
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Continuous fiber thermoplastics are smart for world’s largest appliance manufacturer
Haier uses Covestro CFRTP in Casarte line of “smart” air conditioners
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Lehvoss partners with Livrea Yacht to build 3D printed sailboat
World’s first 3D printed yacht to compete in the 2019 Mini-Transat solo transatlantic yacht race.
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Book review: Practical Analysis of Aircraft Composites
Resource book by Brian Esp, Ph.D. provides practical application of theory for engineers working with aircraft composites.
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