Automotive
SPE ACCE 2018 preview
Mobility composites are expected to draw an international crowd to this annual Motor City gathering.
Read MoreQ&A: Tom Lemire, TFLemire Consulting
CW Talks: The Composites Podcast, recently spoke to Tom Lemire, currently principal of TFLemire Consulting (Irvine, CA, US) and a longtime veteran of the composites industry. Lemire’s career spans back to the late 1960s, and he eventually did most of his work in the composites industry for carbon fiber suppliers BASF and Toho Tenax (now Teijin).
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Composites Index trending lower but still in growth mode
The GBI: Composites Fabricating Index for June registered 56.5, indicating that the US composites industry was experiencing modestly slower growth compared to the preceding three months.
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U.S. styrene-reduction mandates: Go or no-go?
Legislative changes are slow in coming, but technology forges ahead.
Read MoreReinforced phenolics: Still disruptive after all these years
Fiber-reinforced phenolics could be a key enabler of a coming automotive industry disruption.
Read MoreStyrene ≠ polystyrene: An important distinction for composites
Definitions are important when discussing technology. Although often used interchangeably, the terms styrene and polystyrene refer to different materials.
Read MoreShapeTex preforms successfully overmolded with short fiber SMC
Shape Group successfully combines continuous carbon fiber preform with epoxy sheet molding compound using compression molding.
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WARR Hyperloop wins 2018 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition
This year the defending champion’s pod achieved a top speed of 467 km/h (290 mph), beating their previous year’s record.
WatchEpisode 20: Delft Hyperloop
Thymo Vlot and Ze Soengas of Delft Hyperloop and John Jackson of TenCate Advanced Composites discuss Delft’s entry in the SpaceX Hyperloop competition.
ListenWestern Sydney wins American Solar Challenge
Western Sydney University won four out of five stages of the 2,800 km race with their carbon-fiber chassis solar-powered vehicle.
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