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Thermoplastics

Rotomolded cores: New options for sandwich composites

Permanent or removable, these hollow thermoplastic cores broaden industry offerings.  

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Automotive

The Composites Business Index at 56.4 in August

The Composites Business Index sets a 2017 high for growth in the US composites industry.  

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Episode 10: Patrick Blanchard, Ford Motor Co.

Patrick Blanchard, global technical leader – composites at Ford Motor Co., talks about applying composites to vehicles.

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Can flexure testing provide estimates of composite strength properties?

Flexure tests are simple to perform, yet the state of stress and failure modes are among the most complex.  

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Aerospace

Space: Still the Final Frontier

In western Kentucky, August 21, in the path of a total eclipse of the sun, I put pen to paper....

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Pressure Vessels

Graphene and CNTs: Commercialization after the hype

Graphene and CNT applications within the advanced composites sector are still at a relatively early stage of the commercialization process, but as the availability of materials or dispersions of consistent quality has increased, a number of composite materials and components are starting to incorporate these nanomaterials.

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Adhesives

Biggest hurdles for automotive composites

Patrick Blanchard, global technical leader – composites at Ford Motor Co., discussed at SPE ACCE three major hurdles composite materials face.

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Out of Autoclave

Pressure sensors for high volume RTM molding

A new Work in Progress article examines the use of in-mold pressure sensors to control mold filling in high-pressure resin transfer molding (HP-RTM). 

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Construction

Ferrari Land features FRP cladding

A total of 800 individual FRP parts were hand layup molded by specialist architectural façades and parts fabricator Look Composites.

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Glass Fibers

High-speed 3D printing with fiber reinforcement

Italy-based CMS has partnered with Fraunhofer IWU to develop a high-speed, extrusion-based process for the 3D printing of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic parts. Video included.

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Marine

IBEX 2017 show report

Increased attendance and exhibitors despite Irma, continued delivery of latest in composite technologies for marine industry.

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Aerospace

Reconfigurable tooling: Revolutionizing composites manufacturing

Shape-changing molds eliminate tooling for large 3D panels while automated assembly fixtures go modular, using metrology to reduce cost and shimming.

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