Ginger Gardiner

Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor

Sustainability

Benzoxazine: An alternative to phenolic for interior fire safety?

As research into benzoxazine resin chemistry proceeds, this budding high-performance system has the potential to challenge phenolic resins in aircraft interiors.

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Adhesives

Benzoxazine + BMI?

Resin supplier Huntsman Advanced Materials (Basel, Switzerland and The Woodlands, Texas) sees benzoxazine resins as traditional chemistry boundary breakers that open whole new resin-system possibilities.

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Aerospace

High Temple Workshops

Since 1982, the High Temple (short for High Temperature Polymeric Laminate) Workshops have evaluated and reviewed advances in the design, development and application of high-temperature reinforced polymeric (organic) composites.

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Resin-infused MS-21 wings and wingbox

Moscow-based aeromanufacturer uses out-of-autoclave composites in attempt to leapfrog Airbus and Boeing with wider, lighter, more efficient single-aisle airliner.

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Aerospace

Russian renaissance: Leading the OOA revolution?

Since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, one of the most remarkable results has been a resurgence in aeromanufacturing within the Russian Federation.

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Wind/Energy

Update: GE identifies cause of blade breaks

Clarifications regarding materials and processes, plus GE reports on root cause of blade breaks

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Wind/Energy

IBEX 2013 Show Review

Evidence of a marine industry rebound and a trend toward supplier M&A as the world’s largest boatbuilding trade show looks ahead to smoother sailing … and Tampa.

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Pressure Vessels

Third wind blade break for GE

NA Windpower reports a third 48.7m blade has broken off a GE 1.6-100 turbine.

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Wind/Energy

SciGrip MMA to replace epoxy adhesive in wind blades

Methyl Methacrylate to offer up to 40 percent reduction in blade assembly cycle time plus address current maintenance issues due to variable bondline thickness.

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Adhesives

Co-infused stringers and carbon fiber at Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show

Midnight Express Boats takes almost 4,000 lb out of its newest model, the 39S, with a switch to infusion and better optimized laminates.

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Out of Autoclave

C-Series composite wing

The C-Series and Learjet 85 feature wing structures manufactured with dry fiber placement, but with cure in an autoclave. CW looks at how it's done.

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Wind/Energy

Wind blades: Pi preforms increase shear web failure load

Easily coinfused structural joint increases ultimate strength and fatigue life, offering solutions for designers as blades get longer and move offshore.

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