Ginger Gardiner

Ginger Gardiner Senior Technical Editor

Curing

Automating and optimizing autoclave cure

Software-based autoclave control system increases company’s cure throughput by 35 percent and frees engineers for more productive work.

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Inside Manufacturing: 45,000 Fan Ducts Per Year from RTM

Unique tooling technology optimizes closed molding process efficiency for volume production of industrial part.

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Carbon fiber buys its way onboard

First used in one-off yacht and powerboat designs, where cost is no obstacle in the search for a performance edge in local regattas or around-the-world races, carbon fiber has since carved a niche in categories that were once the exclusive reserve of glass-reinforced composites, metals or wood. In applications as

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Wind/Energy

Carbon Fiber in the Wind

Is there a market for carbon composites in wind turbine blade construction? Yes, but the real question is, how big will it be?

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Wind/Energy

High Wind in China

China's renewable energy mandates motivate huge growth in its wind energy market, spurring production of composite components on the Chinese mainland.

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Weaving

Deepwater Oil Exploration Fuels Composite Production

As the price of oil on the world market continues to climb, and as untapped land and shallow offshore oil reserves become a rarity, oil exploration companies are striking out into deepwater, developing reserves beneath the ocean floor a mile or more below the water’s surface. As a result, demand for strong yet

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Tidal Turbines to Mine Marine Megawatts

Composites help subsea turbines harvest electrical energy from ocean currents.

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Infrastructure

Inside 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.

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Cyanate Ester

Engineered to innovate

Core materials — and the ways they are used — evolve to meet new challenges.

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Wind/Energy

Lightning Strike Protection For Composite Structures

Composite structures are more vulnerable to damage than metal, but today's LSP products offer proven protection.

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Wind/Energy

Static Charge Protection

Supplementary Web Content

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Protection Requirements

Lightning Stike Protection Sidebar

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