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Part-Purpose Manufacturing Simplifies Composite Part Production
The historically high cost of prepreg-based composite parts is often due to the painstaking hand layup that is required to create them. “It will be impossible to sustain composite part manufacturing levels that meet stringent quality standards if commercial OEMs rely only on manual labor,” contends John Melilli, VP of
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Boeing 787 Update
Approaching rollout and first flight, the 787 relies on innovations in composite materials and processes to hit its targets
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Engineering Insights: Have Surfboard, Will Travel
This two-piece surfboard for the world traveler clamps together for seamless world-class performance.
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Inside manufacturing: Dual-Laminate Pipe Comes of Age
Computerized pipe fusion and customized multimandrel filament winding equipment mass-produces nearly four miles of pipe for chemical plant in China.
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Hybrid Glass/Aramid Prepreg Beats Heat in Heavy Industrial Pump
In demanding environments like cement plants, rotary compressor pumps are used to move heavy fluids that contain significant amounts of particulate. Pumps have a rotating core fitted with sliding blades or “vanes,” which fits within a static cylinder – as the rotor spins during operation, centrifugal force causes the
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FEA Roundup: Design, Simulation And Analysis Converge
New modeling and analysis software products increase the accessibility and reliability of finite element analysis data.
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Composite Automotive Crush Structures
Tests that characterize, isolate and accurately measure energy absorption modes provide auto engineers the data they need to develop predictive CAE models.
Read MoreJEC Composites 2007 Exhibitor List - 3/1/2007
The following is based on the best information available from JEC on Jan. 30, 2007. TBD = to be determined. 01dB – Metravib T18 A&P Technology A14 Aachen Composite Engineers A21 ABB France TBD ACMA K21 AcXys Technologies TBD Additek SaS Q16 ADM-ISOBLOC GmbH Q69 Advanced Composites Group
Read MoreFocus on Design: Carbon/epoxy drum for large-format inkjet printer
Well-thought-out design enables hard-working industrial part.
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