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SPE's ACCE 2010 preview
Charting a composites course through the auto industry’s “perfect storm.”
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Interior innovation: The value proposition
OEMs and Tier suppliers ask materials and molding processes to go “green” and do more for less.
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Gauging the green demand
Composites Technology's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan suggests a green bottom-line proposition: if your customers demand products that allow them to minimize their effect on the environment, then it behooves you to develop such products.
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Directed airflow: An efficient breath of fresh air
Structural Composite Technologies Ltd. (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) installs a directed-airflow ventilation system manufactured by Frees Inc. (Shreveport, La.).
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Third-party tests support claims for crosslinking spray adhesive
Aerospace manufacturers that adopt vacuum infusion processes are discovering what processors of boat hulls and wind turbine blades already know: Placement of multiple plies of slippery dry fiber reinforcements in molds with vertical sides or tight radii is problematic.
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SAMPE 2010 Seattle Showcase
SAMPE’s first-ever foray into Boeing Country wrapped up with the M&P organization’s biggest draw this decade.
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Guide for Testing Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
Dr. Donald Adams offers insight into ASTM D 4762, a compendium of knowledge about standards relevant to testing polymer composites.
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Awaiting the next Black Swan
HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan posts a rare recommendation for a recent book about rare events that rarely meet our expectations.
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2010 SAMPE Europe/JEC Paris Showcase
Record crowds and reignited technological development testified to the composite industry’s renewed health and the recent recession’s demise.
Read MoreThird-party tests support claim for crosslinking spray adhesive
Tests support Westech's claim that its InfuZene spray adhesive crosslinks with vinyl ester, polyester or other styrenated thermoset resins during infusion.
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Structural makeover: Big bridge-strengthening project
The 2.5-km/1.6-mile long cable-stayed-concrete West Gate Bridge in Melbourne, Australia, is prepped for added traffic lanes with BASF's MBrace composite reinforcements, pultruded by EPSILON Composite (Gaillan-en-Médoc, France).
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WPC weathering: Accelerated testing confirms prediction
Aspen Research Corp. (White Bear Lake, Minn.) evaluated a Korean manufacturer’s WPC deck board with the aid of xenon arc accelerated weathering chambers supplied by ATLAS Material Testing Solutions (Chicago, Ill.).
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