Jeff Sloan

Jeff Sloan Brand Vice President, CompositesWorld & Plastics Technology

Aerospace

Plant tour: A&P, Cincinnati, OH

A&P has made a name for itself as a braider, but the depth and breadth of its technical aptitude comes into sharp focus with a peek behind usually closed doors.

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Editorial

Teamwork, collaboration, creative tension, innovation and the future

CW Editor Jeff Sloan shares insights into innovation and collaboration from a selection from his own summer reading list, The Innovators by Walter Isaacson.

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Aerospace

Slitting and kitting with Web Industries

CW Talks: The Composites Podcast catches up with Web Industrie’s Manish Patel and Ashley Graeber to talk tape slitting, kitting and cutting and more.

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SAMPE 2018 new products target next-generation aircraft

The broader aerospace world might be patiently waiting for Boeing to officially announce plans to develop its New Middle-Market Airplane (NMA, or 797), tabbed as a replacement for the 757, but suppliers aren’t sitting on their hands.

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Composites 4.0

Robotmaster V7 offers CAD/CAM integration

Hypertherm has launched Robotmaster V7, a task-based robot programming platform rebuilt on new architecture to offer integrated CAD/CAM functionality and more intuitive robot programming tools.

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Editorial

The value of CW

Serving the advertiser best by serving the reader first.

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Sustainability

UPS to deploy fleet of composite EVs in London, Paris

UPS is working with UK firm ARRIVAL to develop a pilot fleet of 35 composites-intensive electric delivery vehicles that will be trialed in London and Paris.

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Adhesives

Sicomin bio-based epoxy earns ECOBOARD qualification

The ECOBOARD Project Gold Level qualification applies to all surf, kite, wind and stand-up paddle boards made using any of Sicomin’s five GreenPoxy resin systems.

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Fabrics/Preforms

SKAPS completes Matrix Composites acquisition

US-based SKAPS, which makes geosynthetic and nonwoven drainage products, is adding woven and nonwoven fiberglass products with the acquisition of Texas- and Kentucky-based Matrix Composites. 

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Fabrics/Preforms

DSM increases Dyneema capacity

Capacity will be expanded in the US and Europe for the ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)-based fiber.

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Out of Autoclave

Titan prepares for Titanic expedition

The composites-intensive, five-person, deep-sea submersible Titan is undergoing testing ahead of a planned trip to 4,000m re-examine the RMS Titanic in June.

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CW Talks: Highly automated thermoplastic laminate production

The latest episode of CW Talks: The Composites Podcast, explores the collaborative development of a new thermoplastic laminate by SABIC, Airborne and Siemens.

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Quickly Make Molds, Tools and Fixtures
Composite raw materials
Alpha’s Premier ESR®
prepeg and slit tape products