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Adhesives

How Are Composite Bridges Performing?

Ongoing monitoring and inspection demonstrates that composite bridge decks meet or exceed expectations.

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Composites Oust Magnesium In Big Volume Engine

DaimlerChrysler shaves part cost, investment and time to market in replacing magnesium valve covers with vinyl ester BMC.

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Autoclave

Liquid Composite Molding Achieves Aerospace Quality

Improvements in materials, tooling and process control bring RTM and VARTM into the realm of aerospace components.

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Infusion

Rygerkattall — carbon fiber composite passenger ferry

Shipbuilder Brødrene Aa (Hyen, Norway) recently launched the Rygerkatt, an all-carbon fiber composite passenger ferry, built for Norway's largest passenger ferry operator, Rodne & Sønner.

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Sustainability

Trends in manufacturing technologies for marine composites

Scott M. Lewit, CCT, holds an MS in ocean engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology (1985). Lewit is president and founding partner of Structural Composites Inc. and COMPSYS Inc., the managing director of the Navy CCT Marine Composites Technology Center, and a co-inventor of the resin recirculation

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Europe's Infusion Pioneer Simplifies Process With Bottom Up Approach

Yacht builder's computer-designed method yields vacuum infusion without technical confusion.

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RV manufacturer converts to all-composite motorhome shells and floors

Since 1971, Trail Wagons - Chinook RV Inc. has built motorhomes with one-piece, molded fiberglass shells at its 115,000 ft2 plant in Yakima, Wash, U.S.A. Claiming that the shell design is essential to RV structural integrity, ease of maintenance and weather resistance, the company offers the U.S. RV industry's only

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Wind/Energy

New Technology and Composites

With new technology sweeping into business from every avenue, simply keeping up sometimes feels overwhelming. Lets see - there's checkless banking, electronic inventory control, product data and life cycle management, CAD/CAM and CAE, paperless engineering, automated process control, Internet data exchange, online

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Wind/Energy

Getting To The Core Of Composite Laminates

A wealth of low-cost core solutions are available for high-performance sandwich structures.

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Weaving

Composites Open Road To Innovation In India

Railway and automotive applications point the way to composite mass production.

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