CW Blog

Integrated software: Streamlined hull & tool design

Although its reputation was solid, rigid inflatable boat (RIB) builder Planatech (Athens, Greece) recently sought ways to design new composite products and their corresponding tool sets faster, without compromising quality.

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Adhesives

Composites 2010 Product Showcase

The ACMA’s Las Vegas exhibition reflected an industry in recovery.

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Report from Detroit: NAIAS highlights

Electrics and hybrids make headlines, composites suppliers see hopeful signs after OEM restructuring.

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Quiet revolution: Composites in EVs

Startup automakers make use of composite body/chassis components to extend the range of hybrid-electric and battery-electric vehicles.

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Adhesives

Structural polyurethanes: Bearing bigger loads

The versatile polymer shows new strength (and other advantages) in pultrusion and core materials applications.

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Editorial

Time to leave the recession in the past?

One of the quirks of predicting and assessing the performance of an economic system is that we often don’t know with certainty what’s happening until after the fact.

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Marine

Carbon/glass hybrid wins place on monohull for famed race

SP-High Modulus (Newport, Isle of Wight, U.K.) is supplying composite materials and engineering expertise for the M34, a new yacht design for the annual Tour de France à la Voile.

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Aerospace

Build-to-print: Done better

Defense contractor's lean manufacturing strategy meets winglet production goals for in-demand ScanEagle UAV.

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Out of Autoclave

SAMPE Europe/JEC Composites 2010 Preview

SAMPE Europe’s International Conference and the JEC Composites Show meet in Paris again in 2010.

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Engineering Insights: Not Your Father's EV

A stylish composite body makes the world's first all-electric sports car not only lean and green but efficient and fast as well.

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Epoxies

A400M cargo door: Out of the autoclave

This structural military airframe part is the largest made to date via the vacuum-assisted resin infusion process.

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Weaving

Very Light Jets Creating A Demand For Composites

"Baby" jets are causing an aviation buzz but will the market exist?

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