July 2024 Issue
July 2024
Features
Featured articles from the July 2024 issue of CompositesWorld
“Structured air” TPS safeguards composite structures
Powered by an 85% air/15% pure polyimide aerogel, Blueshift’s novel material system protects structures during transient thermal events from -200°C to beyond 2400°C for rockets, battery boxes and more.
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Achieving composites innovation through collaboration
Stephen Heinz, vice president of R&I for Syensq delivered an inspirational keynote at SAMPE 2024, highlighting the significant role of composite materials in emerging technologies and encouraging broader collaboration within the manufacturing community.
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Composites GBI shows faster activity contraction
The total index reading backed down in May from its anticipated expansion, contracting again to land at 46.8.
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FiberJoints innovates composite bolted joints for reduced weight, cost and maintenance
Novel reinforcing patch uses braided sleeve to boost the load-carrying capacity of composite bolted joints.
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Pull-wound carbon fiber poles enable lightweight, compact, rigid emergency stretcher
Based on military feedback, Epsilon Composite developed an optimized, foldable stretcher that combines telescopic pull-wound carbon fiber tubes.
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SMC composites progress BinC solar electric vehicles
In an interview with one of Aptera’s co-founders, CW sheds light on the inspiration behind the crowd-funded solar electric vehicle, its body in carbon (BinC) and how composite materials are playing a role in its design.
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