Adhesives in Composites - Page 74 of 114

Adhesives

Weaving 1 Apr 2013

Swimming pools: Fiberglass resurfacing option extends useful life

GRC Fiberglass Coatings (Santa Rosa, Calif.) rehabilitates aging swimming pools in the U.S. and Canada using a fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) approach first developed for steel and concrete corrosion protection in African gold refineries.

Machining/Drilling 23 Mar 2013

Cutting train doors with precision

GFMI Aerospace & Defense uses waterjet cutting technology to produce glass fiber/epoxy door panels for a major rail car manufacturer.

Sheet Molding Compound 1 Mar 2013

Faster cycle, better surface: Out of the autoclave

GM is first automaker to use Class A CFRP parts from new pressure-press technology.

Consumer 1 Mar 2013

Award-winning urban bicycle frame made from toughened prepreg

Uber design house UBC GmbH (Murr, Germany) puts its accumulated Formula 1 racing and automotive expertise to good use, designing a completely new composite urban bicycle concept.

Out of Autoclave 1 Feb 2013

The structural grid: Prefabrication

Digitally designed and cut, preformed and preinfused stringers and bulkheads reduce boat weight, labor and cycle time and improve boatbuilder process control.

Thermoplastics 1 Feb 2013

Paddleboard productivity: Adhesively bonded hull/deck is key

Dragonfly Boatworks LLC's (Vero Beach, Fla.) new standup paddleboard for fly fishing is built without fasteners, with the aid of SG200-40 methacrylate adhesive from SCIGRIP Smarter Adhesive Solutions (Durham, N.C.).

Mass Transit 1 Feb 2013

Deep draw: Unique laminate architecture enables bus part

For a major mass-transit manufacturer, Amtech LLC (Wapato, Wash.) successfully thermoforms a luggage cover with a remarkably deep draw of 40 inches (1,016 mm), using a laminate architecture that includes a top layer of 0.180-inch/4.5-mm gauge Grade 4800 thermoplastic sheet, supplied by Boltaron (Newcomerstown, Ohio).