Processes

Defense

People on the move: April 2017

Here is this month’s people on the move news in the composites industry.

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ATL/AFP

Accelerating materials insertion: Where do virtual allowables fit?

In the quest to reduce the time and cost for aerocomposite design allowables development, will conventional physical testing and virtual testing go head-to-head or work side-by-side?

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Work In Progress

Curved pultrusion? No longer an oxymoron

Radius-Pultrusion process offers linear or curved profiles.

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Ceramic matrix composites: Hot engine solution

Disruptive designs for composites operation in 1093°C zones.

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Adhesives

Hybrid carbon fiber/aluminum suspension knuckle

Yields 26% greater stiffness via bonded prepreg patch.

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Aerospace

Key takeaways from JEC World 2017

A quick read of the composites tea leaves after JEC World 2017.

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Adhesives

JEC 2017 – Aiming for Industrialization

The exhibit floor in Paris reflected composites’ move toward high-rate and high-volume production.

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InFactory Solutions with Airbus

Airbus spin-off supplying Industry 4.0 systems for composites completes first qualification and discusses future developments for defect position visualization.

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RTM

500,000 parts per year? No problem!

BENTELER-SGL develops fully automated HP-RTM production of the weight- and space-saving composite leaf spring for Volvo’s multi-model SPA global platform.

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Glass Fibers

SMC: Old dog, new tricks

A sheet molding compound renaissance highlights new reinforcements, new fillers, new matrices, new opportunities.

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