Ginger Gardiner

Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor

Out of Autoclave

Falcons advance bizjet state of the art

Falcon jets are produced by Dassault Aviation (Paris, France) in Saint-Cloud and Bordeaux, with final assembly at the Bordeaux-Mérignac plant.

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Out of Autoclave

Metal + composite = Less weight, more room

Global supplier develops scaled design approach for metal/composite hybrids in highly loaded automotive applications.

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Glass Fibers

Cored glass/PU speakers, tabletops impress

Sandwich panels provide music, sound masking sans weight.

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Out of Autoclave

IBEX 2016: New access to composites

Composites Pavilion hosted Composite Tech Talks and the interactive Future Materials exhibit.

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Sustainability

CAMX 2016 Show Report

The 3rd annual joint ACMA/SAMPE-sponsored trade event comes to Anaheim with an exhibition and conference program attractive to professionals across the composites world.

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Weaving

3D knitting solves preforming cost, time

Disruptive digitized technology a dramatic step-change in near-net preform production for Dassault Falcon interior air duct.

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Composites 4.0

New and newer at CAMX 2016

Airbus subsidiary for Industry 4.0 composites plus new products, processes and resources on display.

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Is the BMW 7 Series the future of autocomposites?

BMW AG's Dingolfing, Germany, auto manufacturing facility is well known for churning out a variety of car models and types, and the 7 Series is among them, famous for its steel/aluminum/composites construction. Does this car represent the optimum of composites use in vehiicles? This plant tour of the Dingolfing plant looks at how composites on the 7 Series come together.

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Thermoplastics

FRP charge-air cooler stands up underhood

Injection molded glass/PA streamlines turbocharger intake manifold build.

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Weaving

Automated filament winding aids segmented blade production

Roth Composite Machinery system is part of ENERCON’s optimized production for modular blades.

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Core

Composites enable portability in driving simulator

FRP design enables portable, light-tight, enclosure with an image-projection-grade inner surface.

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Cutting/Kitting

20 years of automating composites

Accudyne Systems provides solutions to complex processing challenges, like its recent Small Parts Laminator that picks, places and forms plies in one minute.

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