High-Performance Composites - May 2007

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Boeing 787 Update

Approaching rollout and first flight, the 787 relies on innovations in composite materials and processes to hit its targets

The 787 Dreamliner, The Boeing Co.’s (Seattle, Wash.) and commercial aviation’s fastest-selling passenger aircraft ever, corralled order number 567 in April. The plane maker says 2006 revenues increased 15 percent from 2005 — up 26 percent in the fourth quarter alone. In 2006, Boeing captured 73 percent of the twin-aisle market and 61 percent of the overall market. Read More ...

Features

JEC COMPOSITES 2007 Highlights
Advanced composites make notable marks not only in traditional aerospace apps, but in automotive, sport and infrastructure arenas as well.

SAMPE 2007 Preview
For the first time, SAMPE’s U.S. Symposium heads east, to Baltimore.

SAMPE Products and Services Listing

Carbon fiber: Life Beyond the Landfill
Reclamation technologies give scrapped aerospace-grade carbon fiber new possibilities and a lower price point in nonstructural/conductive applications.

Inside Manufacturing: A400M Cargo Door — Out of the Autoclave
This structural military airframe part is the largest made to date via the vacuum-assisted resin infusion process.

Blended Wing UAV
Unique unmanned craft’s robust composite design a plus for rough duty.


About the Cover

The Boeing 787’s last pressurized fuselage section, section 47, is produced by Vought Aircraft Industries using specially developed fiber placement technology.