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Out of Autoclave 1 Nov 2004

EMCs provide tougher alternative to shape-memory alloys and plastics

Composites Technology Development Inc. (CTD, Lafayette, Colo., U.S.A.) has developed TEMBO Shape Memory Polymers, elastic memory composites (EMCs) that are less dense and about one-fifth the weight of shape-memory metal alloys but deliver greater strength than other shape-memory plastics. "Most people think of

Out of Autoclave 1 Nov 2004

Anisotropic wind blade design expected to reduce wind-energy costs

Deliberately unbalanced laminate produces smoother power input from adaptive wind blades

Wind/Energy 1 Nov 2004

Composite speed sailboat readied to break 50-knot barrier

Sailrocket (Bitterne Manor, Southampton, U.K.) is using new design concepts and composites to make its Sailrocket speed sailboat, in hopes of breaking the existing speed record of 46.25 knots (the goal is 50 knots). Its unique counterfoil design bypasses the stability problems encountered by monohulls and multihulls.

Weaving 1 Oct 2004

Racing Veteran Fine-tunes Classic Competitive Concept

Hand layup of reinforced epoxy yields hybrid luxury powerboat/offshore racer.

Infusion 9 Feb 2023

The Basics Of Boat Design

Naval architects reveal design, tooling and material selection guidelines for a new sportfishing powerboat.

Injection/Overmolding 1 Oct 2004

Roof Module Reflects Well On Paintless Composites

Unique long-fiber injection process yields a paintless high-gloss finish, 20 percent weight reduction and improved safety -- all in one shot.

1 Oct 2004

Sprayable Core Material Doubles As Marine Tooling Putty

A derivative of its barrier coat and core materials, a specially formulated syntactic from ITW SprayCore (Clearwater, Fla., U.S.A.) now serves as the tooling surface for Vectorworks Marine Inc.'s (Titusville, Fla., U.S.A.) new toolmaking "shortcut" called Limited Production Tooling (LPT). Production timeframes and

Space 1 Sep 2004

Tubular composite core stiffens launch vehicle structure

ChamberCore, an alternative to traditional sandwich laminates, also improves vibro-acoustic damping.

Out of Autoclave 1 Sep 2004

Braided carbon fiber chair a practical, affordable alternative

In the furniture world, carbon fiber is still associated with few-of-a-kind "art pieces" - items that cost thousands of dollars and find their way into museums or the drawing rooms of the rich, but rarely get much use. Talon Technology (Pty.) Ltd. (Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia) and Bang Design (Balmain, New