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CAMX

CAMX 2023 exhibit preview compilation, Part 1

Prepare for CAMX 2023 in Atlanta with this list of 60+ exhibitor previews received by CW, highlighting key technologies, services and trends available to attendees.  

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Trends

Women in the Composites Industry brings together women for networking, educational opportunities

Aiming to support the growth of women in this industry, the WCI industry group and its partners recently held its first live training event hosted by Owens Corning.

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Editorial

Thoughts from the trade show floor

As the trade show season kicks off, CW editor-in-chief Scott Francis shares observations from industry events. 

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Feature

Celebrating 30 years of CompositesWorld, Part 2

CW covers key composite developments that have taken place from the 1990s to today in the second part of this two-part retrospective.

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A new era for ceramic matrix composites

CMC is expanding, with new fiber production in Europe, faster processes and higher temperature materials enabling applications for industry, hypersonics and New Space.

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Sensors

Next-gen composites manufacturing: Combining material, machine and mold cavity data with analytics

Using a sensor, an edge device and machine learning software, sensXPERT sees into processes and is improving quality and cutting scrap, cycle time and energy use for composites customers like ZF and Carbon Revolution.

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Aerospace

Episode 42: Jeff Sloan, CompositesWorld

CW publisher and brand V.P. Jeff Sloan discusses the history of CW and the evolution of the composites industry during his time as editor. 

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Work In Progress

Engine vane demonstrates potential for gapped, unidirectional dry fiber for infusion

GKN Aerospace and its partners developed an aircraft demonstrator component made with TeXtreme’s latest Gapped UD material, proving out a dry, infusible tape meant to compare in performance to UD prepreg.

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Interlaminar tensile testing of composites: An update

New test method developments for measuring interlaminar tensile strength address difficulties associated with the ASTM D6415 curved beam flexure and ASTM D7291 flatwise tensile tests.

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Focus on Design

Next-generation airship design enabled by modern composites

LTA Research’s proof-of-concept Pathfinder 1 modernizes a fully rigid airship design with a largely carbon fiber composite frame. R&D has already begun on higher volume, more automated manufacturing for the future.

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VIDEO: Energy-Efficient Thermoforming for Composite Parts

Meccatronica exhibited their lineup of E-Form servo-electric presses at JEC 2023. Designed to showcase the cutting-edge capabilities of high-quality and energy-efficient thermoforming for composite parts, their E-Form range stands as an alternative to conventional hydraulic presses as they are fully electronic.

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Troubleshooter

Aerodynamic considerations when repairing complex composite structures

An example process gives steps and issues to consider when determining the most effective repair method for preserving the aerodynamic surface of a complex-contoured composite sandwich structure.

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