Automotive
Q&A Forum: Automotive Composites
How will fiber-reinforced polymers fare in a post-recession, cost- and fuel-economy-obsessed auto market?
Read MoreFuel cells (finally) set to power composites growth
Fuel cells and related technologies will form a sizable new market as they move past the phase of demonstration projects, overcome longstanding technology hurdles and gain momentum in their progress toward affordability.
Read MoreAutomotive: On the fence
When it comes to the debate about composites vs. metals in car manufacture, the post-recession automotive industry could as easily fall into old habits as tip over into new possibilities.
Read MoreSPE's ACCE 2010 Highlights
The Society of Plastics Engineers’ Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition completed its first decade with a stellar slate of keynotes and papers.
Read MoreImproved intumescent: Topcoat allows better laminate performance
Applied to a cured laminate surface, a new intumescent topcoat provides Wright Composites (Galgorm, Ballymena, Northern Ireland) a passive fire barrier that permits the use of a laminating resin with less fire-resistant filler, making possible a tougher part.
Read MoreF1-inspired MonoCell: Racing safety for the road
Resin transfer molding makes CFRP passenger cell mass-producible for new model supercar.
Read MoreEAA AirVenture 2010
Rain on the Wittman Field runways can’t dampen Oshkosh Fly-In enthusiasm.
Read MoreSPE's ACCE 2010 preview
Charting a composites course through the auto industry’s “perfect storm.”
Read MoreLightweighting a heavyweight
Process combination produces significantly lighter overhead storage bins for big-rig sleeper cabs.
Read MoreThat "new car" smell: Sniffing out the regulatory trends
Environmental consultant Pat Hooper contends that growing concern about auto interior air quality is the elephant in the room that the composites industry can't afford to ignore.
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