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Compression molding: New materials and markets

From multifunctional aircraft interiors to compounds using continuous fabrics to the growing use of recycled carbon fiber – compression molding offers new opportunities.

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Sustainability

IACMI Winter Meeting: Mapping the road ahead

The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) held its winter meeting in Denver Feb. 1-2, updating its membership on the public-private institute's efforts to accelerate composites design and manufacturing.

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Epoxies

Supersonic flight goes commercial, again

Boom Technology describes its program to validate a cost-effective faster-than-sound airliner.

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Carbon Fibers

Using composites in infrastructure rehab for 30 years

Among many topics, ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ keeps tabs on composites in infrastructure and construction, a topic being discussed this week as it happens at the American Composites Manufacturers Assn.’s (ACMA) 2017 Infrastructure Day and NIST Workshop in Washington, D.C. Dr. Mo Ehsani is there.

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Carbon Fibers

Seriforge: A new paradigm for composite preforms

Silicon Valley startup aims to produce complex 3D carbon fiber preforms with z-axis reinforcement at mass production scale using automated processing lines.

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Infrastructure

Composites used to update century-old bridge

FRP composites gives British Columbia City a lightweight pedestrian bridge deck solution.

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Construction

Composites extensively used in Air Force communication tower

The tower was fabricated by Composite Support & Solutions using Ashland Derakane vinyl ester resin designed for pultrusion.

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Mass Transit

Watch highlights from the ACMA Composites Executive Forum

CW's Editor-in-Chief Jeff Sloan discusses highlights from the ACMA Composites Executive Forum that took place in January 2017 in Washington, DC.

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Consumer

3D-printed hybrid golf club head scores

Multi-material blend joins composite, titanium and brass.

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Epoxies

JEC World 2017 exhibit preview

JEC World will be held March 14-16 in Paris. CW previews some of the products and technologies that will be at the show.

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Automotive

X-rays for NDT of composites

Nondestructive test (NDT) methods can be employed during the design, manufacture and in-field maintenance of composite components.

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Wind/Energy

Infrastructure and construction — credit where due

Aerospace and automotive dominate the headlines, but one needs to take a wider look sometimes.

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