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Aerospace

JEC World 2016 exhibition and product previews

JEC World 2016 will be held in Paris March 8-10. These are some of the products that will be found at the show.

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Automotive

Automation: Robots taking off in commercial aircraft

Will this affordable and versatile class of multiaxis manufacturing hardware and software drivers enable airframers to reduce costs and speed deliveries?

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Glass Fibers

Oil & gas: Will the composite riser rise again?

A new effort to develop a undersea pipe resets the long-term development course, again, toward an all-composite design for deepwater-capable oil and gas risers.

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Aerospace

OOA: Thermoplastic alternative targets performance spec

CF/PEEK helicopter driveshaft’s toughness trumps traditional metric.

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Medical

CAMX 2015: More green, more customization, more growth

CAMX, the second year, was in interesting event, marked by a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of innovation and many new products.

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PEEK

CAMX 2015: Eyecatchers

A selection of parts, processes and new players from the exhibit floor as well some interesting developments from the technical sessions.

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PEEK

Aerocomposites: The move to multifunctionality

Designers envision aircraft components that do more than bear structural loads, but must first confront great complexities to actualize greater functional efficiency.

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Aerospace

Re-dressing aeroengines with composite pipes

Sigma Lite braided carbon fiber/thermoplastic pipe cuts jet engine weight yet meets challenging design and manufacturing requirements.

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Infrastructure

The end of delamination?

A spin-off from MIT's NECSTlab, N12 Technologies Inc. launches NanoStitch, the world's first vertically aligned CNT product via a continuous industrial process, which bridges adjacent CFRP plies, boosting interlaminar shear and increasing fatigue life by 100%.

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Adhesives

Materials Sciences Corp.: Multifunctional composites

MSC draws on four decades of experience and computer modeling expertise to develop novel composite materials with the potential to make a big impact.

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