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Economics

Composites business index at 52.8 in July

Production, historically associated with New Orders, remained robust at 57.0.

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Thermoplastics

Composites comfort wheelchair travelers

Long carbon fiber thermoplastics replace aluminum in more forgiving front casters. 

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Ketones

CAMX 2017 exhibit preview

ACMA and SAMPE’s fourth CAMX will be the largest composites trade show in the composites industry’s largest market. Held in Orlando, FL, this year, it promises an even more robust exhibition and conference program.   

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CAMX 2017: Schedule of events, Sept. 13

CAMX 2017 Schedule of Events, Wednesday, Sept. 13 Conference Programming: 8:00-11:00 a.m.

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Wind/Energy

Startups compete for funding

New at CAMX this year is the show's first ever xC Startup Award, sponsored by xC Consultants GmbH.

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Wind/Energy

High-speed, 3D winding of large, complex-shaped composites

Cygnet Texkimp is translating decades of fiber-handling and processing know-how into machinery that opens new opportunities for composites manufacturing.

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Software has a critical role in certification of composite designs for aerospace

Despite the many advantages that come with using composites materials in aerospace applications, designing weight-bearing structures from these materials remains a significant challenge.

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Molds/Tools

Weber demonstrating heating, cooling capabilities of its molds

Weber Manufacturing Technologies (Midland, ON, Canada), exhibiting in booth H52, is showing a nickel vapor deposition (NVD) mold for a Class A automotive body panel, demonstrating the tool’s rapid heating and cooling capabilities.

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Aerospace

Charles Browning wins SAMPE Lubin Award

The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE, Diambond Bar, CA) has named Dr.

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Molds/Tools

CAMX 2017 preview: Coastal Enterprises

Coastal Enterprises Co. (Orange, CA), manufacturer of Precision Board HDU (high-density urethane) tooling board, is emphasizing updated speeds, feeds and chip load information for CNC routing of Precision Board.

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Recycling

Recycling VOCs

Passive reactor turns styrene and phenol/formaldehyde fumes into carbon dioxide and water.

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Space

A total eclipse of the sun

The humbling, startling, dusky, stunning unreality of a total eclipse of the sun.

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