Workforce Development
"Metalworking" businesses find new niche with composites
Composite structures are replacing machined metal parts in certain applications — most notably, some aircraft components. As this happens, it would be easy to assume that businesses invested in machining metal will see activity decline. From the ground, however, there is plenty of evidence to support a different assumption.
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MOM software solves debonding problem in manufacturing process
When Composites Atlantic Ltd. (CAL, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada) contracted to produce 10 types of parts for leading edge and rudder components and deliver them on a biweekly schedule to a key aerospace customer, trouble soon cropped up.
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In-situ composite repair builds on basics
For on-aircraft repair, demand is on the rise for specialized composites training and expertise.
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Taking Subjectivity out of Class A Surface Evaluation
Toward the goal of more consistent, repeatable and quantifiable Class A surface analysis, automakers and systems suppliers are developing and employing automated surface inspection tools.
Read MoreSAMPE ’08 technology showcase
Billed as the world’s largest advanced materials trade event, SAMPE’s 2008 Symposium and Exhibition returned to Long Beach.
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Assessing conventional and advanced NDI for composite aircraft
 AANC experiments test how well damage can be detected in composite parts.
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JEC COMPOSITES 2008 show review
Composites professionals converged on this annual Parisian gathering in greater numbers than ever before, confident that the market’s global growth will continue.
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RETOOLING THEORY AND PRACTICE
To meet the critical need for knowledgeable composites engineers and technicians, public/private partnerships are molding new applications-driven and transportable educational models.
Read MoreWind turbine blades: Big and getting bigger
Two decades of technical and market development has made this once marginal application a global giant and one of the world’s largest markets for composites.
Read MoreEducation: Retooling Theory and Practice
To meet the critical need for knowledgeable composites engineers and technicians, public/private partnerships are molding new applications-driven and transportable educational methods.
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