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Episode 14: Chuck Miller, Coastal Enterprises

Chuck Miller, founder and president of tooling board manufacturer Coastal Enterprises, details tooling board technology and how it continues to evolve. 

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CW's top 10 digital content of 2017

CW’s first list of 2018 is a simple one: The top 10 most viewed articles on the CompositesWorld website in 2017.

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Infrastructure

Composite fendering piles fit the bill

Composites replace wood in New Jersey marine fender project.

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Economics

The Composites Fabricating Index returns to near calendar-year average

The Composites Fabricating Index shows 54.3 for November 2017. 

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Sustainability

What’s the most important type of mechanical test for composites?

 When the opportunity arises, I like to ask those familiar with composites testing this question: What type of mechanical test do they consider to be the most important for composite materials?

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Infrastructure

Driving down costs: Technologies to follow in 2018

Cost drives most decisions about composites use, but most innovation now focuses beyond material cost.  

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Composites for aging and disabled populations

  Contributing columnist Gary Talbott shares thoughts on how undervalued composites are as tools to help seniors and people with disabilities.

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Autoclave

Overview of CAMX 2017

CAMX 2017 was postponed, the event’s quality was not.

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Aerospace

CAMX 2017: Award winners, notable technologies

Awards for Composites Excellence and CAMX Awards winners from CAMX 2017, the SAMPE Lubin Award winner, and a smattering of other technologies from the show.

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CAMX 2017: Video report

Video highlights from the largest composites trade show and conference in the composites industry’s largest market (North America).

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CAMX 2017: Highlights from the floor

3D printing and nanotechnology developments promise to cut time and cost in composite structures production while recycling and sustainability continue to grow in importance.

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Pressure Vessels

Perhaps we’re getting closer to fiberglass recycling

Earlier this year I wrote an article on composites recycling and one of the things that struck me was how little fiberglass composite waste was being recycled.

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