National Composites Week: The Essentials of Composites

Today kicks off the second annual National Composites Week.

This year’s theme is “Composites Are Essential,” and we will be sharing what this means to us across our website and social media channels all week, but first, we decided to start off with the basics: in other words, what we consider to be the the essentials of composites manufacturing.

For anyone new to the industry, there’s a lot to learn! At CompositesWorld, we cover new and emerging materials and processes within the composites industry, but we also provide content on the basics for anyone new to the industry or curious about the technology:

• How carbon fiber is made,
• How glass fiber is made,
• Fibers,
• Resin matrices,
• Fabrication methods,
• Tooling, and more.

Check out our “Composites 101” page for our full list of composites basics: www.compositesworld.com/hashtag/composites101. 

For more on how to participate in National Composites Week this week, visit www.NationalCompositesWeek.com. For background on the inaugural event, read “National Composites Week is born.”