CW Blog

Sustainability 30 Jan 2020

Plant Tour: RUAG Space, Decatur, Alabama, U.S.

Out-of-autoclave composites manufacturing facility comes of age with first U.S.-made composite structures for the Atlas V launcher, and qualification parts for the Vulcan.

Focus on Design 29 Jan 2020

Composites enable novel flying speedboat

Candela Boats’ Seven speedboat combines all-electric propulsion with precision foiling in a design made possible by creative composites engineering.

Thermoplastics 28 Jan 2020

The coming decade: Clarity with a strong dose of uncertainty

Columnist Dale Brosius considers the potential and uncertain role of composites in aerospace, automotive and other markets in the coming decade.

Aerospace 27 Jan 2020

To boldly go . . .

Space travel is a challenge, even if filmmakers like to make us think otherwise.

Wind/Energy 24 Jan 2020

The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) held its winter meeting in Dayton, Ohio, U.S. January 21-23, updating its membership on the public-private institute's efforts to accelerate composites design and manufacturing.

Construction 24 Jan 2020

Composites Index ends year on production boost

The Composites Index closed 2019 with a December reading of 49.2.

Consumer 23 Jan 2020

CFRP preform technology is fast, flexible, efficient

Porsche racecar is first to sport part-via-preform technology.

Workforce Development 21 Jan 2020

Diving deeper into composite processes

CW recently had the opportunity to visit Abaris Training (Reno, Nev., U.S.), a company that has offered advanced composite training courses for more than 30 years.

Aerospace 21 Jan 2020

Advancing thermoplastic composites and RTM for Clean Sky 2 in Spain

EURECAT leads projects for TPC keel beam, window frames and thermoset RTM fuselage frames with TPC shear ties for next-gen aircraft.

Bonding/Welding 6 Jan 2020

Looking back at 2019 webinars

CompositesWorld webinar topics range from structural adhesives to automated fiber placement (AFP) to thermoplastics to composites repair, and much more.

Carbon Fibers 3 Jan 2020

Continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites enable wheel blade for all-electric SUV

Covestro’s Maezio continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) composites are being used in the production of a wheel blade for NIO’s all-electric SUV.