Jeff Sloan

Jeff Sloan Brand Vice President, CompositesWorld & Plastics Technology

Aerospace

A total eclipse of the sun

The humbling, startling, dusky, stunning unreality of a total eclipse of the sun.

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CAMX

CAMX 2017 preview: DUNA-USA

DUNA-USA Inc. (Baytown, TX, US) is debuting its BLACK CORINTHO HT 800 high- temperature tooling board, which offers low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) at temperatures up to 400°F, coupled with high thermal conductivity for reducing oven and autoclave cycle times.

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Epoxies

CAMX 2017 preview: Copps Industries/CompositeTechs

Copps Industries (Mequon, WI, US) and CompositeTechs LLC (Amesbury, MA, US) are emphasizing work they did together to promote development of a new series of high-performance epoxy formulations.

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Nanomaterials

CAMX 2017 preview: Applied Graphene Materials

Applied Graphene Materials UK Ltd. (AGM, Cleveland, UK) is featuring its synthesized nanoplatelets (A-GNPs).

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CAMX

CAMX 2017 preview: A. Schulman

A. Schulman Inc. (Fairlawn, OH, US) is introducing its new Quantum LYTEX SF series of styrene-free, epoxy-based sheet molding compounds

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Medical

Headed to CAMX 2017? Here's some of what you will find

CAMX 2017 is coming up, Sept. 11-14 in Orlando, FL, US. If you are headed to the show, CompositesWorld has gathered technology and product previews from several exhibitors to help you understand what you can expect to find at the event.

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Weaving

Lightweighting speed into CNC machining

Drawing on a long history in composites manufacturing and CNC machining, this innovator turns to carbon fiber composites to reduce gantry component weight and increase shaping efficiency.

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Marine

Recreational marine: The rebound continues

The National Marine Manufacturers Assn. reports that 2016 was the best in 10 years for the sales of new personal watercraft, while the market for used boats approached an all-time high.

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Editorial

Need for standardization in composites manufacturing

CW Talks is “on” and already proving to be well worth a listen. 

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CAMX

CAMX 2017 preview: NSF Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure

The NSF Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI) at West Virginia University (WVU, Morgantown, WV, US) is emphasizing its advanced fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites and techniques for rapid repair, upgrading, rehabilitation or replacement of highway, railway, waterway, bridge, building, pipeline and other structures.

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CAMX

CAMX 2017 preview: VitaFlex

VitaFlex (Burlington, NC) is exhibiting its line of Soft-stretch Hoods for use when laying up glass fiber materials and when performing sprayup.

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CAMX

CAMX 2017 preview: Ventilation Solutions

Ventilation Solutions (Oak Ridge, TN, US) is emphasizing its custom industrial ventilation systems for composite fabrication facilities as well as for the industrial manufacturing and warehouse industries.

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