Ginger Gardiner

Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor

Automotive

More from JEC: High-quality carbon fiber monocoques in two hours

Mubea Carbo Tech produces high-quality carbon fiber monocoques in increasingly larger volumes and lower cycle times, and now introduces all-CF wheels to save almost 30 lb per vehicle.

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Carbon Fibers

Highlights: JEC Europe 2014

Composites enable high performance and lower weight in washtubs, wheelchairs and engine exhaust cones. Plus new, ultralight materials.

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Carbon Fibers

Aonix Advanced Materials system combines material, machinery

Ottawa-based company develops turnkey technology for high-performance, thermoplastic composites at volumes of up to 1 million parts per month.

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Weaving

3-D preformed composites: The leap into LEAP

The LEAP jet engine is the next generation of the successful CFM56 engine for narrow-body aircraft which powers more than half of the commercial aircraft ordered in the past decade.

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Albany International: Multilayer to multidimensional

Albany International (Rochester, N.H.) has a half-century of experience in producing multilayer technical textiles to meet demanding performance and cost expectations.

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Aerospace

Albany Engineered Composites: Weaving the Future in 3-D

This 3-D weaver turned composite component supplier pursues a future in 3-D structures through continuous technology development.

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Automotive

Composite flywheels: Finally picking up speed?

A wave of new composite flywheel developments for bus, rail, auto, heavy truck, construction equipment, and power grid support promises fuel savings, improved efficiency and reduced emissions — i.e. sustainability in the global quest for more energy.

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Aerospace

NDI and NDT methods for process control

There are three main nondestructive inspection technologies currently under development to help qualify surface preparation techniques for adhesively bonded aerospace surfaces evaluate the quality of both the prepared surfaces and the final bonded joint.

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NDI

Certification of bonded composite primary structures

OEMs develop technology to quantify uncertainty in pursuit of the no-bolt bondline.

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Walmart uses CFRP to boost efficiency

The new Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience (WAVE) truck uses carbon fiber to cut 4,000 lb/1,814 kg and includes 53-ft/16.2m long, one-piece CFRP trailer panels.

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Thermoplastics

Two visions of 3-D printing in CFRP

Freespace Composites and MarkForged pursue different paths to exploit carbon fiber in 3-D printing.

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Wind/Energy

Meter/mix/dispense machines: The suppliers and systems

HPC’s meter/mix/dispense (MMD) roundup includes this collection of the principle suppliers of MMD equipment and equipment characterizations.

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