Adhesives

Aerospace

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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Curing

Very Light Jets Creating A Demand For Composites

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

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Recycling

Carbon fiber reclamation: Going commercial

As the first commercial-scale carbon fiber recycling operations go online, research continues into both recycling alternatives and applications for recyclate.

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Paris 2010: JEC Composites and SAMPE Europe Preview

JEC’s industry-leading trade exhibition and SAMPE Europe’s International Conference again shed light on composites in the City of Lights.

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Aerospace

Build-to-print: Done Better

It’s hard to measure the transforming effect that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have had on modern warfare and security activities. Growing demand for these “drones” — for surveillance, aerial photographs and attack duties — has led to a phenomenal proliferation

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Weaving

DDG-1000 Zumwalt: Stealth warship

U.S. Navy navigates radar transparency, cost and weight challenges with composite superstructure design.

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Marine

Seaworthy showcase: Post-consumer composite catamaran nears completion

Built entirely of recycled and recyclable reinforced thermoplastics, this novel sailing vessel will soon put into practice what its builders preach.  

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Adhesives

Gurit CBS for the Aston Martin DBS

Out-of-autoclave process mints Class A carbon composite body panels in one-hour mold cycle.

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Adhesives

Antiballistics: The DARPA connection

 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency' (DARPA) Armor Challenge taps into materials innovation at companies and by inventors who are not yet in the military procurement pipeline.

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Braiding

Wichita welcomes SAMPE Tech

 The Society’s Fall Conference flourishes in one of the epicenters of U.S. aerospace activity.

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CW Tech Days: High-Temp Composite Solutions