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Reinforced Thermoplastics: LFRT/GMT Roundup
Recent advancements in these reinforced thermoplastic technologies are expanding their performance, enabling new applications.
Read MoreMansplaining composites
We had some friends over for dinner the other night. They’d read about the recent rollout of Boeing’s 787, heard that these marvelous “composites” were used extensively on the plane, remembered that I edited a composites magazine and started quizzing me about what composites are.
Read MoreReinforced Thermoplastics: LFRT vs. GMT
As the suppliers of long fiber-reinforced thermoplastics and glass-mat thermoplastics battle for market supremacy, the winner is … the composites OEM.
Read MoreInside Manufacturing: Tooling Method Replicates Intricate Woodgrain in Fiberglass Doors
Toolmaker becomes molder to offer the beauty of natural wood and the durability and weatherability of composites to residential entry door OEMs.
Read MoreTangible Express offering fractional ownership for rapid prototyping
Rapid Prototyping service provider Tangible Express is introducing a program that allows customers fractional ownership of rapid prototyping equipment.
Read MoreSelf-healing Composite Prototyped for NASA
At the recent SAMPE Conference and Exhibition (see “Related Content,” at left) Cornerstone Research Group’s (CRG, Dayton, Ohio) Reflexive composites were touted as a composite system that, according to CRG’s research and development engineer Thomas Margraf and chief engineer Ernie Havens, can detect and heal damage in
Read MoreJEC COMPOSITES 2007 Product Showcase - 7/1/2007
The annual Paris conclave showcases the global expansion of composites.
Read MoreComposites test method globalization and harmonization
In my previous column, I discussed the need for standardization of test methods and the progress that has been made in recent years (see “Related Content,” at left). However, we know from that column, and many preceding it, that when we attempt to determine material properties, there is often more than one
Read MoreThe clarity of the retrospectroscope
My mind is easily distracted and consumed by the time-space continuum. Not the Star Trek kind, but the real-life kind.
Read MoreCarbon Fiber in the Wind
Is there a market for carbon composites in wind turbine blade construction? Yes, but the real question is, how big will it be?
Read MoreFocus on Design: Composite Engine Subframe a Popular Option on Open-Cockpit Supercar
Carbon/epoxy version of the standard steel subframe meets performance goals and reduces vehicle weight in Lamborghini’s coupé-to-convertible conversion program.
Read MoreHigh Wind in China
China's renewable energy mandates motivate huge growth in its wind energy market, spurring production of composite components on the Chinese mainland.
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