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Wind/Energy 24 Mar 2016

What do PU/carbon spars and the Valencia lighthouse have in common?

Saertex reinforcements, infusion, speed of fabrication and long life.

Consumer 24 Mar 2016

The Flexible Flyer: How composites made velomobile history

Separating frame and spring functions makes them easier to design but then those separate parts are heavier. Columnist Bob Stuart's updated velomobile suspension illustrates a way to combine those functions in a lighter, more responsive construction.

Sheet Molding Compound 24 Mar 2016

The dawn of low-cost carbon fiber?

After several years of research and development work on its pilot scale carbon fiber manufacturing line, ORNL signaled that its efforts are ready to be paid off when it announced it is seeking licensees for its process.

Out of Autoclave 24 Mar 2016

CAMX 2016: Last chance to submit abstracts

CAMX, the largest composites event in the largest composites market, is still accepting abstract proposals for its conference program.

Adhesives 23 Mar 2016

Materials & Processes: Composites for repair

Composites offer cost-effective means to repair, protect and/or strengthen structures made of steel, concrete or other materials.

Design/Simulation 28 Jun 2020

Materials & Processes: Composites part design

Designers of composite parts can choose from a huge variety of fiber reinforcements and resin systems. That makes knowledge of how those materials work together a critically important aspect of part development. Here's a short description of what that knowledge entails.

Aerospace 7 Mar 2023

Materials & Processes: Fiber formats for composites

Fibers used to reinforce composites are supplied directly by fiber manufacturers and indirectly by converters in a number of different forms, which vary depending on the application. Here's a guide to what's available.

Consumer 17 Mar 2016

Supply and demand: Advanced fibers

Demand for advanced fiber, virgin and reclaimed, is on an upswing after a dip during the recent recession. Fiber suppliers are gearing up to meet an expected increase in demand as manufacturers in a number of composites end-markets scale up or start up part development and production programs

Aerospace 17 Mar 2016

Materials & Processes: Introduction

High strength at low weight remain the winning combination that propels composite materials into new arenas, but other properties are equally important. This article outlines the case for composites and introduces SourceBook's overview of the materials and processes used to make them.

Aerospace 16 Mar 2016