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Carbon fiber: Life Beyond the Landfill
Reclamation technologies give scrapped aerospace-grade carbon fiber new possibilities and a lower price point in nonstructural/conductive applications.
Read MoreEngineering Insights: Have Surfboard, Will Travel
This two-piece surfboard for the world traveler clamps together for seamless world-class performance.
Read MoreComposites Technology Digs-In Underground
The Underground Construction Technology Conference welcomes corrosion-resistant composites for underground infrastructure.
Read MoreInside manufacturing: Dual-Laminate Pipe Comes of Age
Computerized pipe fusion and customized multimandrel filament winding equipment mass-produces nearly four miles of pipe for chemical plant in China.
Read MoreWhen design and engineering meet
In a designer’s perfect world, the challenge of manufacturability does not exist.
Read MoreHybrid Glass/Aramid Prepreg Beats Heat in Heavy Industrial Pump
In demanding environments like cement plants, rotary compressor pumps are used to move heavy fluids that contain significant amounts of particulate. Pumps have a rotating core fitted with sliding blades or “vanes,” which fits within a static cylinder – as the rotor spins during operation, centrifugal force causes the
Read MoreFEA Roundup: Design, Simulation And Analysis Converge
New modeling and analysis software products increase the accessibility and reliability of finite element analysis data.
Read MoreComposite Automotive Crush Structures
Tests that characterize, isolate and accurately measure energy absorption modes provide auto engineers the data they need to develop predictive CAE models.
Read MoreEnsuring cure: Viscoelastic feedback
Material State Management measures the cure state of composite structures, enabling not only shorter cure cycles but also the ability to optimize cure cycles.
Read MoreInside Manufacturing: An autoclave for the 787 center wing box
Development partners overcome cultural and geographical challenges to ensure cure of this massive composite structure for Boeing's Dreamliner.
Read MoreFocus on Design: Carbon/epoxy drum for large-format inkjet printer
Well-thought-out design enables hard-working industrial part.
Read MoreSitting on the cusp of a paradigm shift
My wife and I had to fly to New Jersey recently. As we boarded the plane and took our seats, I pointed out the window at the wing of the jet we were on and said something about how, soon, the wing and much of the fuselage of planes like this would be made from carbon fiber composites.
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