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Cutting time for composites design allowables
New approach by Dr. Stephen Tsai and Daniel Melo promises to reduce the required number of tests from 1,000 to mere dozens, providing results in days vs. months and at much lower cost.
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MTI Valve unveiled as innovative solution in resin infusion
New resin inlet valve touted as easy, low-cost way to ensure laminate compaction and “optimal” fiber volume fraction.
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Why are suppliers morphing into fabricators? Part II
In the second part of this two-part examination of this significant trend, CT managing editor Mike Musselman posts the results of a survey on the subject.
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If buying a flatbed cutting system isn't practical, composite manufacturers have the option of contract cutting services.
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Automated cutting accelerates
Software/hardware advances and peripheral equipment make flatbed cutters essential to automated production scenarios.
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2014 JEC Europe Review
The composites world met again in Paris, vibrant, stronger, and more forward-looking than ever before.
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Machining update: One-shot dry drilling of stacked materials
Tool design innovations tighten tolerances and cut costs for those who drill composite-metal assemblies.
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Why are suppliers morphing into fabricators?
CT managing editor Mike Musselman asks the question and examines the forces at work to make it a compelling trend. Part I of II.
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One for the history books?
HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan wonders if a current and radical proposal for change in the way aerospace materials and processes are certified — namely, certification of design/simulation software — will find the brave advocates it will need to become a watershed in aerocomposite history.
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Meter/mix/dispense machines: The suppliers and systems
HPC’s meter/mix/dispense (MMD) roundup includes this collection of the principle suppliers of MMD equipment and equipment characterizations.
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