Ginger Gardiner

Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor

Marine

Composite radar masts assembled for megayachts

Vabo Composites designs, builds and assembles 10m-tall composite radar masts, improving weight, stability and performance for modern megayachts.

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Wind/Energy

Pultrusion picks up speed in automotive applications

Pultrusion is one of the most cost-effective processes for manufacturing high-volume composite parts.

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Wind/Energy

Lightweight at sea — get on board

Using composites to lightweight ships is gaining momentum. Several groups are available for materials and technology suppliers to join and help develop cost-effective solutions.

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Aerospace

The democratization of composites

China as springboard to push adoption of thermoplastic composites and revolutionize consumer goods.

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Defense

Measuring temperature inside composites and bondlines

ThermoPulse sensors offer Industry 4.0 temperature measurement and digital cure cycle management for bonded composite repairs, laminates and more.

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Aerospace

Composites Europe notes process chain cooperations are accelerating composites industry growth

Composites Europe this year highlighted the coordinated processing and production processes being developed in the marketplace.

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Thermoplastics

AVK presents its 2018 Innovation Awards

The 2018 AVK Innovation Awards were presented at the International Composites Congress (ICC) on Nov 5, chosen from more than 50 submissions.

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RTM

Automating composites production for ease of use and affordability

Schmidt & Heinzemann innovates composites workcells with German quality and small-company flexibility — “modules customized per product and program is the key.”

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Automation

New technologies and markets at World of Filament Winding event

Nov. conference features winding developments with robots, automated fiber placement, additive manufacturing and emerging markets.

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CAMX

CAMX 2018: Second look, more new developments

Curved pultrusion for automotive, Smart Susceptors for primary structure repairs and Huntsman advances leaf springs for trucks, carbon wheels for automotive, “thin-ply” ailerons with Airbus and Nanocomp Technologies.

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RTM

Pushing EVs forward

Multifunctional chassis design and novel composites processes enable lighter, longer-range, safer electric vehicles.

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Automation

Filament winding, reinvented

Robots and digital technology deliver speed plus larger, more complex parts, while generative 3D winding obviates mandrels and waste for automotive applications.

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