Adhesives
Automating swimming pool production
Small producer ramps up productivity with "entry level" robotics.
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Wind blade repair: Planning, safety, flexibility
Wind turbine blade maintenance and repair was an important and growing issue taken up by two speakers at ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ’s 2011 Wind and Ocean Energy Seminar, held in April in Portland, Maine.
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Fiberglass façade: GRP shapes modernize hotel in Spain
The exterior of the Vista Riviera hotel in Benidorm, Spain, has been transformed with a modern twist, thanks to the fiberglass expertise of Miraplas SL (Monforte del Cid, Spain).
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Tooling for composites: Evolutionary trajectory
New technologies and improved methods keep up as tools get bigger and more complex and toolmaking gets ever more challenging.
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Tooling boards improve processes
In the composites industry, many parts are the product of one-off or few-of-a-kind production programs. In response, tooling material suppliers today provide an increasing variety of relatively inexpensive materials grouped under the heading of tooling board.
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SAMPE 2011 Long Beach Product Showcase
Huge show, huge new product offerings … huge success.
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The Combined Loading Compression (CLC) test method
Dr. Don Adams discusses the relative merits of the ASTM-adopted combined loading compression (CLC) test method.
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High-speed press cure for high-speed racers
Trapped tooling and compression molding bring cocuring efficiencies to previously autoclave-cured, aerodynamic fins and planes.
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Thermoplastic composites: Sustainable transport
Cyclic PBT oligomers used to mold Class 8 semitrailer bed via vacuum-bag processing.
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3-D preforms: Fast, efficient blade-root manufacture
To expedite the blade root manufacturing process for wind turbine blade manufacturers, 3TEX Inc. (Cary, N.C.) has developed RapidRoot, a 3-D preform.
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