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Engineering Insights: Conveyor Manufacturer Springs for Composites

Vibratory conveyor a natural fit for flexible, contoured composite spring arms.

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Composite rigid inflatable boats adapt for hard work, safe play

Glass, aramid and carbon fiber composites reduce weight and enable modular design and construction of these versatile RIBs.

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Composites Polycon 2007 Preview

The annual ACMA/ICPA exhibition and conference revisits the Florida coast with expanded educational and networking opportunities.

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Inside Manufacturing: 45,000 Fan Ducts Per Year from RTM

Unique tooling technology optimizes closed molding process efficiency for volume production of industrial part.

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News briefs

American Matrix and Ensinger Industries form strategic technology alliance to promote the manufacture and sale of thermoplastic composite products; Mark A. Banash appointed VP Engineering at Nanocomp Technologies; Cray Valley releases hydrocarbon resins listing; Adam Aircraft A500 and A700 to be displayed at NBAA in Georgia; Pilgrim CosmoLite Composite replaces wood floors in travel trailers.

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LM Glasfiber's 61.5m blade

The massive blad features a rotor diameter of 126m, and three blades on a turbine cover an area almost the size of two football fields.

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Airbus names top management

Several months of management reshuffling appears to be near an end.

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Dow Epoxy Acquires UPPC AG, POLY-CARB and GNS Technologies

Dow says it will continue trying to acquire key businesses like these, particularly in Asia (e.g., India) and it's looking for more assets.

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Car/plane combo to come from Moller International

According to Air and Business Travel News and Advice, Moller International says its flying car could be ready by year-end.

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Vestas looks for workers to build blades in Colorado

Vestas Blades America Inc., maker of high-tech wind power systems, is beginning its search for more than 400 workers to staff the wind turbine blade factory it is building in Windsor, Colo., north of Denver.

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SABIC finalizes buy of GE unit

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has announced the completion of its purchase of GE Plastics from General Electric for a purchase price of $11.6 billion. The announcement was made by SABIC Chairman, HH Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al-Saud.

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The modified D695 compression test method

Dr. Don Adams discusses the evolution of the ASTM D 695 compression test method, the predecessor of the D 6641 method now in wide use.

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