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Adhesives

WINDPOWER 2011 Report

Wind energy advocates, turbine builders and their suppliers, policy makers, and a growing number of wind-involved composites professionals gather where it all began.

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Infrastructure

Small wind gets big

Massive growth, complex blade designs reopen challenging market in wind energy niche.

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Construction

Fiberglass façade: GRP shapes modernize hotel in Spain

The exterior of the Vista Riviera hotel in Benidorm, Spain, has been transformed with a modern twist, thanks to the fiberglass expertise of Miraplas SL (Monforte del Cid, Spain).

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Wind/Energy

The way things were

Technically, the Great Recession of 2007-2009 ended in June 2009 in the United States.

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Cured-in-place pipe project tests composites capabilities

Insituform Technologies uses iPlus Composite cured-in-place pipe technology to replace a sewer pipeline 25 ft underground at San Diego International Airport.

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BMI

Tooling for composites: Evolutionary trajectory

New technologies and improved methods keep up as tools get bigger and more complex and toolmaking gets ever more challenging.

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SAMPE 2011 Long Beach Product Showcase

Huge show, huge new product offerings … huge success.

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Adhesives

The Combined Loading Compression (CLC) test method

Dr. Don Adams discusses the relative merits of the ASTM-adopted combined loading compression (CLC) test method.

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Autoclave

Industry health shows at shows

HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan says the advanced composites market is growing faster than the rest of the economy but faces a new challenge.

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JEC Paris 2011 Review

This annual Paris trade event’s statistics signal an advanced composites resurgence.

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Weaving

New cutting tools for drilling material stacks

Dormer Tools Ltd. (Sheffield, U.K.) has developed veined polycrystalline diamond (PCD) cutting tools for drilling applications that involve stacked materials in aircraft wingskin assemblies.

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Construction

Tough resins for aggressive environments

New thermoset systems drive composites deeper into markets where fire, corrosion, stress and fatigue are ever-present threats.

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