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Predicting advanced composites use in launches to the moon, Mars
Irrespective of what launch vehicles provide transport for colonization efforts to the Moon or Mars, advanced composites are sure to play an enabling role.
Read MoreData infrastructure in composites manufacturing: A growing need
As more automation enters the fabrication process for composites, new data infrastructure is required to guide that automation.
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Biomimicry in 3D printing?
New rotational 3D printing method developed by Harvard researchers allows engineered composites to mimic nature.
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Smarter molding with Smart Cauls
Spintech’s Smart Caul technology can be used to create internal mandrels, bladders for hollow parts or any irregular male layup tool shape involving a sharp angle or corner.
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JEC World 2018: The highlights
JEC World is the composites industry’s largest trade show and did not disappoint this year.
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Wind blade spar caps: Pultruded to perfection?
Introduced to the market about five years ago, pultruded, carbon fiber-reinforced spar caps, incorporated as the reinforcing member of wind turbine rotor blades, are a byproduct of the evolution and increasing technological sophistication of the global wind energy industry.
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Carbon fiber/epoxy in production boats
Scout Boats and now Hinckley Yachts showcase how demand for lighter, faster performance pushes materials and process change.
WatchWind energy: A worldwide phenomenon
The wind energy industry is now operative in a genuinely worldwide marketplace.
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Service & repair: Optimizing wind power’s grid impact
As wind farms surge into the electrical mainstream, a fast-growing industry works to maximize the service lives of the composite blades that harvest the power of the wind.
Read MoreSeeking and finding support within the composites industry
Russell Emanis of Innegra Technologies cites those who have helped him during his composites career as inspiration for doing the same for others.
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JEC World 2018: Highlights
You will read more about what we discovered at JEC World 2018 in the coming weeks and months, but for now this is a quick review of some of the highlights from the world’s largest composites trade show.
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Automated Preforming, Part 6: Coriolis Composites
Pioneer in automated fiber placement (AFP) advances preforms for overmolded thermoplastic composites enabling production of one automotive part every 20 seconds.
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