Workforce Development

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.

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Cyanate Ester

SAMPE ’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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Aerospace

Assessing conventional and advanced NDI for composite aircraft

 AANC experiments test how well damage can be detected in composite parts.

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Weaving

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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Aerospace

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.

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Weaving

JEC Composites Show Product Showcase

Composites professionals converged in Paris in greater numbers than ever before, confident that the market’s global growth will continue.

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Wind/Energy

Wind 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.

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Education: 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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Pultruders need some self-control

Pultrusion veteran Joe Sumerak argues that in today’s more-competitive global marketplace, pultruders can no longer afford to overprice their products to compensate for process and supervision inefficiency.

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Flying high on composite wings

FRP wings, fuselages and other primary and secondary structures on GA prop, turboprop and jet aircraft help lift this market to unprecedented heights.

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microwire technology for composites