Sustainability

Adhesives

Monitoring the cure itself

The latest technologies measure the matrix resin's actual cure state, saving time and money.

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Rudder Gets New Twist With Composites

The U.S. Navy's specially contoured ship rudder commands composite construction.

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Sustainability

Composites 2006 Exhibitor List

Composites 2006 Exhibitor List

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Adhesives

Composites Polycon 2006 Product Service Directory

Composites & Polycon 2006 Product & Service Directory

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Wind/Energy

Lightning Strike Protection For Composite Structures

Composite structures are more vulnerable to damage than metal, but today's LSP products offer proven protection.

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BMI

Tooling And Toolmaking Innovations Continue

New products and practices advance the efficiency and economy of advanced composite part production.

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Biomaterials

Reinforced Plastics Mold New Niches In Electronics

For manufacturers and consumers, composites are protecting delicate circuitry and making devices more durable.

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Sustainability

Waves Of Change: From Shock To Opportunity

Closing of Clark Foam opens surfboard industry to new technologies.

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Sustainability

Nondestructive Testing Broadens Its Scope

Automation and integration of advanced NDT methods lead to faster, more accurate flaw and damage detection.

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Aircraft Repair Can And Should Be Automated

Consultant Fred Perkins (Federal Engineering Associates LLC, McLean, Va.) is currently involved in quality control and mission assurance for defense programs as well as a Phase I SBIR program for the U.S. Air Force, applying stochastic design analysis to finite element modeling of composite aircraft part repairs.

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