Aerospace
Composites fly high around the world
High strength and low weight remain the winning combination that propels composite materials into new arenas, but other properties are equally important. Composite materials offer good vibrational damping and low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), characteristics that can be engineered for specialized
Read MoreA multitude of markets - 11/1/2007
The overall outlook for the composites industry remains healthy, driven by developments in the commercial aircraft market - the advent of Boeing's 787 and Airbus Industrie's (Toulouse, France) A380, the future arrivals of the Airbus A400M military transport and its mid-sized A350 XWB, and a host of general aviation
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Compression after impact testing
During the late 1960s and most of the 1970s, the composites industry was absorbing the impact of what was then the recent introduction of carbon fiber. The resulting composites exhibited both high strength-to-weight and high stiffness-to-weight ratios. And while it was known that composites reinforced with this new
Read MoreSpeaking Out: Some Evils of Outsourcing
About 15 years ago, aircraft companies hired business school graduates (MBAs) to gain fresh insight into the best business practices taught in our American institutions of higher learning, such as Harvard, Wharton and Stanford. The then-current thinking was that the costs associated with operating and maintaining
Read MoreRepair considerations
As more composite materials find a place on aircraft, boats, bridges and hundreds of other applications where part replacement is difficult and expensive, OEM engineers are considering the repairability of structural and secondary composite components during the initial design phase. According to a recent report by
Read MoreIndian airline orders 20 more 737s
Boeing, Jet Airways Complete have finalized a contract for 20 more Next-Generation 737-800s, all with Blended Winglets for fuel efficiency.
Read MoreShep Hill replaces retiring Laurette Koellner
Boeing honors Koellner’s 30 years of service, names Hill president of Boeing International
Read MoreBoeing shifts duties of Shanahan, Bair and Cave
Pat Shanahan, Mike Bair and Mike Cave change roles at Boeing.
Read MoreIf autocomposites were easy, it would have been done already
I was asked to moderate a five-person panel that took place on the last day of the 2007 SPE Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition (ACCE) in Troy, Mich.: “How to market the value of composites.”
Read MoreAirbus names top management
Several months of management reshuffling appears to be near an end.
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