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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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Carbon Fiber: UP!
Despite 2008-2009 recession lows, prognosticators at ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ's recent Carbon Fiber Conference predict a decade of highs.
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Shifting paradigms
CT editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan contends that now is the time for the North American auto industry to begin rethinking how it designs and builds cars.
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Bio-based fillers: Reducing SMC mass
The Bio-Lite Technical Center of Excellence at the National Composites Center (Dayton, Ohio) is developing sheet molding compound (SMC) recipes capable of yielding finished parts with specific gravity as low as 1.2.
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Supply and Demand
HPC’s editor-in-chief says its time to answer a perennial question raised at the annual Carbon Fiber Conference: "Has the time come again for the industry to more openly share data about carbon fiber supply and demand?
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The key to CNTs: Functionalization
An emerging supply base is integrating carbon nanotubes into commercial products that enable composites manufacturers to optimize part performance.
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The cost equation
Keynote speakers at ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ Expo 2009 delivered news both sobering and encouraging to those who are trying to predict what the future holds for composites in the postrecession manufacturing economy.
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Fine-tuning the F-35
The composites community looks to be a major partner for the life of the F-35.
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Skinning the F-35 fighter
Fastening the all-composites skin on the Lightning II requires machining and drilling technology that is optimized for cost-efficiency.
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The new carmakers
A host of new carmakers is using composites to build vehicles designed specifically to help us be less oil-dependent.
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IBEX 2009 Show Preview
As they weather the continuing recessionary storm, boatbuilders will dock in Miami to chart a course for the opportunities that await them in the storm’s wake.
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Gearing up for the new economic normal
In late July, as my family and I raced home from our vacation along Interstate 80 in northern Nevada, we found ourselves quickly overtaking a large flatbed tractor trailer. Strapped onto the bed and covered with a massive tarp was a very large … something, about 15 ft long and 8 ft in diameter.
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