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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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Glass Fibers

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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The success of CAMX 2017 (the reboot)

CAMX 2017 was not diminished by its hurricane-induced postponement from September to December. The largest trade show in the composites industry’s largest market was a definitive success.

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Slideshow: The sights of CAMX 2017

After postponing CAMX 2017 due to Hurricane Irma, CAMX 2017 (Dec. 12-14; Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla.) came back in full force. 

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Carbon Fiber 2017 final highlights

Applications and enabling technologies for carbon fiber promise new market penetration – challenges notwithstanding.

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Weber Manufacturing expands, adds large CNC machine

Weber Manufacturing Technologies Inc. (Midland, ON, Canada) has recently installed a new high-speed 5-axis machining center, a 2017 DMU 340 P Unimould by DMG Mori (Bielefeld, Germany), the first of its kind in Ontario and just the third such machine in North America.

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Michelman forms partnerships with EFT and Mafic

Michelman (Cincinnati, OH, US), a developer and manufacturer of surface additives and polymeric binders, has formed two new partnerships with composite firms.

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Sustainability

BGF – US link to global composites high-tech

With >50 years in composites, this well-known US supplier is widening its portfolio of composites technologies into opportunities for integrated products and advanced manufacturing.

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Thermwood 3D prints large boat hull pattern

Thermwood uses its LSAM additive manufacturing technology to fabricate a 3,000-lb/1,363-kg plug for a boat hull. The project proves the viability of additive manufacturing to help reduce marine composites fabrication costs.  

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Weaving

Carbon-Kevlar hybrid redefines the hinge

Composite design outperforms comparable stainless steel at same price.  

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