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United Launch Alliance rocket ushers sigh of relief
With nerves frayed over the uncertainty regarding the supply of Russian-made rockets, ULA joins SpaceX with the development of a new heavy-lift rocket to help preserve American space security.
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HP-RTM on the rise
Decades of development have propelled it to prominence but its future demands industrial solutions for handling cost, complexity and process control.
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Fraunhofer ICT develops lightweight cylinder casing
Car manufacturers may be able to achieve weight savings with cylinder blocks that feature parts made of fiber-reinforced plastics.
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Weber Manufacturing Technologies: Midland, ON, Canada
With a long, storied history in composites moldmaking, this rare nickel vapor deposition specialist has built a strong niche, making large, high-quality tools.
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Building TRUST in bonded primary structures
A DARPA program aims for certification via Bayesian process control system for the factory floor, bounding uncertainty and predicting reliability in real-time.
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Ascent Tooling Group ascends via innovation
The world’s largest metal and composite moldmaker has a new name and continues to make a name for itself in closer control of large-part dimensional tolerance.
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Electric ferry runs quietly with composites
Infused sandwich construction hull and superstructure panels offset battery system weight.
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Pultruded polyurethane pallets
Composite solution transforms wooden consumable into profit-generating asset.
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Methods for interlaminar tensile testing of composites: A comparative evaluation
Dr. Daniel O. Adams, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Composite Mechanics Laboratory at the University of Utah and VP of Wyoming Test Fixtures Inc. (Salt Lake City, UT, US) compares and contrasts the direct and indirect loading methods for interlaminar tensile testing of composites.
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Aerospace still matters
CW columnist Dale Brosius is the head of his own consulting company, which serves clients in the composites industry worldwide. Here, he comments on the still prominent role the aerospace industry will have in the automotive industry's integration of composites into its manufacturing mix.
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Notes from JEC Europe 2015: Known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns
The composites industry’s largest trade show, JEC Europe, was held March 10-12 in Paris. CW's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan offers his just-back-from-the-show assessment.
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