Wind/Energy

Polyurethane’s processing speed, properties enable bigger blades

Decade-long development effort reaches key wind energy cost-reduction milestone using epoxy-besting infusion resin.

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Aerospace

Automated Preforming, Part 1: Numbers and Landscape

CW’s multi-blog series on preforming begins with an overview and quick look at the numbers: 1-minute take time, 10-15 seconds per layer, 490-kg/hr and 3.5 million parts/year. Are you ready for serial CFRP production?

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Feature

Composites recycling: Gaining traction

Recycling of carbon fiber, glass fiber and — at last — resins, is growing as new players enter the space.

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Sustainability

Curved pultrusion? No longer an oxymoron

Radius-Pultrusion process offers linear or curved profiles.

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Commercialization of CMCs and developments for next-gen performance

As industrial production of parts begins, new developments offer promise for higher-temperature and more damage-tolerant ceramic matrix composite (CMCs).

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Autoclave

Wait, wait, there’s more: JEC 2017

There’s never enough time to see everything at the JEC World event, and this year the problem was even worse. Here’s more information on new products and companies, from Paris…

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Wind/Energy

Vestas takes global lead in wind turbine manufacturing

Wind energy consultancy MAKE issues its annual report of world's top wind turbine manufacturers.

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Wind/Energy

Key takeaways from JEC World 2017

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

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Another opportunity to meet, and learn, in Paris

At the JEC World 2017, improvements in materials and processes were present at nearly every stand, with the emphasis on automotive-capable production speeds.

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Composites 4.0

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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microwire technology for composites
microwire technology for composites