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Adhesives 13 Sep 2016

BMW 7 Series Plant: Dingolfing, Germany

Via four different manufacturing methods, CFRP goes mainstream in automated multi-material BIW and assembly operations at BMW’s busiest plant.

NDI 9 Sep 2016

Wet and dry peel plies

Thinking of using only peel ply as adhesive bonding surface prep? You should understand all of the issues involved.

Workforce Development 8 Sep 2016

CAMX 2016 Exhibitor Previews: Part 2

CAMX, in its third year, is growing and expanding, and the quantity and quality of new products and technologies being introduced at the show is impressive. CAMX Connection asked exhibitors to tell us about the products they will feature, and the response has been tremendous. This week features Part 2 of 2 of the CAMX 2016 Exhibitor Previews.

Electric Vehicles 7 Sep 2016

New energy storage material for electric vehicles

Penn State researchers have developed sandwich-structured polymer nanocomposites for electric and hybrid vehicle use.

6 Sep 2016

Composites role in the emerging space industry

A decade since NASA opened extraterrestrial space to potential use as a commercial industry workplace, in this month's issue, CW traces the role composites have played in public/private progress toward that goal.

Mass Transit 1 Sep 2016

2016 end of summer book report

CW's Jeff Sloan takes a closer look at three books that focused on the creative application of design engineering and materials to achieve a specific goal.

Additive Manufacturing 31 Aug 2016

Increasing the industrial adoption of composites additive manufacturing

The additive manufacturing industry has challenged the design community to develop an efficient product engineering platform where the barriers between design, optimization and simulation would be broken and optimized parts could be explored in the design environment.

Wind/Energy 31 Aug 2016

The power of personal connections

CW columnist and IACMI chief commercialization officer Dale Brosius suggests that composites industry “old-timers” need to figure out a better way to connect to the generations that are entering the composites workforce.

Out of Autoclave 31 Aug 2016

CAMX 2016 Exhibitor Previews: Part 1

CAMX, in its third year, is growing and expanding, and the quantity and quality of new products and technologies being introduced at the show is impressive. This week features Part 1 of the CAMX 2016 Exhibitor Previews.

Aerospace 30 Aug 2016

777X: Bigger-than-expected carbon fiber impact

Guest blogger Chris Red, principle of Composites Forecasts & Consulting, has crunched the numbers and reports that Boeing's new 777X is on pace to consume substantially more composite materials than initially anticipated.

Carbon Fibers 24 Aug 2016

Carbon fiber shoe insoles: a new edge in sports?

From super strict diets (looking at you, Tom Brady) to doing three-a-days, five days a week (LeBron 'King' James), athletes are always looking for an edge in sports.

Workforce Development 24 Aug 2016

Living in space, surrounded by composites?

As humans travel further into space, the structures in which they live will become extremely important. NASA is working with six companies on development of deep space habitat designs that could represent a new end market for composites.