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Pultrusion

For the Corvette, a smooth ride depends on composites

On a vehicle already famous for having a long history of composites use, finding a new part on which to apply the material is a challenge, but PolyOne’s Advanced Composites Glasforms unit managed to do just that.

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Aerospace

Is supersonic flight making a comeback?

Boom Technology (Denver, CO, US), a 2014 start-up aircraft developer, is in the process of building the XB-1, a flying 1/3-scale demonstrator of its supersonic (faster than sound) commercial aircraft.

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Autoclave

Composites in the Martian suit

When humans do finally travel to Mars, they will have to be well protected from a less-than-hospitable environment. The suit designed to do the job is already in development at NASA, and it relies heavily on composites.

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Sustainability

Patent issued for carbon fiber used in rocket nozzles

A professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville developed a new process to make carbon fiber that forms ablative rocket nozzles and heat shields.

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Glass Fibers

Reversibly crosslinking thermoset-thermoplastic hybrid polymers

Evonik’s new system delivers crosslinked performance of epoxies below 100°C, processing benefits of thermoplastics above 170°C.

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NDI

Thermography: The Big Picture gets bigger

Recent advances in IR camera technology are ... fueling another surge in thermography use.

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Aerospace

Some predictions for 2017

We will see even greater progress in 2017 than we saw in 2016, some surprising, some long awaited.

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Automotive

In the midst of a paradigm reconstruction in automotive materials

The effects of paradigm shifts in shared experience.

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Out of Autoclave

Cored carbon air-supported vessel

Tuco Marine’s ASV a sustainable yet speedy craft.

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Thermoplastics

Redesigned bonded fasteners enable RTM railway cabinets

Adhesion Technologies Ltd. (ATL, Hampshire, UK) has developed a range of in-mold bonded fasteners, which reduce build time by eliminating the need for hole-drilling.

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Out of Autoclave

Size-unlimited OOA composite process enables next-gen system

United Launch Alliance selects Ruag Space for lower cost/improved quality out-of-autoclave manufacture of Vulcan’s composite primary structures.

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Medical

UV-curing grows composites market share

Established and flourishing in the underground pipe relining arena, UV-curable resins are finding new applications in other out-of-the-way places.

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