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Parkway Products opens new facility in Mexico
Aerospace parts molder Parkway Products has formed a molding campus in Saltillo, Mexico, with the addition of a second manufacturing facility.
Read MorePultrusion
Pultrusion, like RTM, has been used for decades with glass fiber and polyester resins, but in the last ten years the process also has found applications in the advanced composites industry. In this relatively simple, low-cost, continuous process, the reinforcing fiber (usually roving, tow or continuous mat) is
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Cast polymer concrete structures save city's sewers
Beneath its historic colonial charm, Charleston, S.C. had an underground sewer system in need of repair. Engineers at U.S. Composite Pipe (Alvarado, Texas) devised a solution that included unique cast polymer composite sewer interceptor structures — 10-ft/3m-diameter vertical access shafts that extend as far as 110
Read MoreMicrospheres: Fillers filled with possibilities
For composite applications, these hollow microstructures displace a lot of volume at low weight and add an abundance of processing and product enhancements.
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Bio-Composites Update: Bio-Based Resins Begin to Grow
Substituting agricultural for fossil-based feedstocks in polymer resins is not new, but maturing technology now promises composites less dependent on petrochemicals for their performance.
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Building Bridges to Bridge and Building Rehab Markets
Despite a lack of standardization and education in the civil construction sector, these innovators use carbon and steel fibers to reinforce the business case for composites.
Read MoreShooting trouble
I know it’s only April, but in the magazine business, we’re always looking ahead. About this time each year, I start thinking seriously about the next year. I think about the topics we might cover, the types of articles we might approach differently, technologies that we’ve not visited in a while and emerging
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A faster, more stable Olympic dinghy
The 470-class dinghy, a small, two-person monohulled racing craft, has been used in Olympic sailing competition since 1976 and, today, vacuum-infused glass fiber/polyester is the standard for hull construction. Designers of the dinghy that will be used by Marcelien De Koning and Lobke Berkhout, members of the Dutch
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Engineering Insights: Glass/Thermoplastic Hood Steps Toward Commercialization
The hood design for Hyundai’s QarmaQ concept car is evaluated against European and Japanese pedestrian safety requirements.
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Inside Manufacturing: CIPP Lights Way in Buried Pipe Repair
Spiral-wound, UV-curable fiberglass CIPP bests competitors and bears loads in “trenchless” wastewater pipe rehabilitation project.
Read MoreSAMPE announces 2008 class of Fellows
The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) has announced that five industry leaders will be honored with the designation of Fellow of the Society.
Read MoreOut-of-autoclave tooling gets out of the blocks
General aviation aircraft manufacturer adopts new oven-cure tooling.
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