Workforce Development
Blade manufacturers expand to meet demand
Unprecedented growth in the wind energy market has necessitated a significant need for the manufacture of rotor blades, particularly in locales near developing wind farms.
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Single bagging can do the job
Mechnical engineer Peter Schwarzel (CarbonWorks, Coombabah, Queensland, Australia) comments on the “Engineering Insights” article in the CT December 2010 issue, titled “Double-bag infusion: 70 percent fiber volume?”
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Life Cycle Assessment: Are composites "green"?
Methods for calculating the impact composites have on the environment enable data-driven comparisons to traditional materials on a level playing field.
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Unmanned Systems North America 2010
Growing trade event underscores composites’ continuing vital role in unmanned systems for aviation and marine applications.
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Composites education: Improvement through collaboration
The American Composites Manufacturers Assn.'s (Arlington, Va.) chief staff executive Tom Dobbins contends that composites education will advance more quickly if the industry moves toward consistent, standardized curricula for basic and advanced training.
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The state of education in the composites trade, part II
Andre Cocquyt (GRPguru.comm, Brunswick, Maine) continues his call for a unified national composites education standard, and suggests a practical way forward toward that goal.
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SAMPE 2010 Seattle Showcase
SAMPE’s first-ever foray into Boeing Country wrapped up with the M&P organization’s biggest draw this decade.
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The state of education in the composites trade, part I
Andre Cocquyt (GRPguru, Brunswick, Maine) renews his call to focus composites industry efforts on finishing and financing a comprehensive unitary composites education model at the national level.
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Although clouds of volcanic ash shut down postshow air traffic, the traffic on the show floor helped dispel the clouds of economic recession.
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SAMPE 2010 Seattle Exhibitor List
A list of exhibitors, booth assignments and a show floor map for the SAMPE 2010 Seattle trade show, May 17-20, 2010.
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