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Managing weight in emergency medical transport
Repetitive strain risk for first responders sends emergency equipment provider back to the drawing board to develop more ergonomic cot.
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Can IACMI propel us out of adolescence, into adulthood?
On Jan. 9, the US Department of Energy (DoE) announced that it will add US$70 million to the US$189 million already committed to the University of Tennessee’s Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) for composites R&D. CW's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan asks, "What will come of this investment?"
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Welcome to CompositesWorld magazine
CW editor-in-chief introduces the inaugural issue (published online and in print) of CompositesWorld magazine, the new, combined publication that, beginning Jan. 1, 2015, replaces its predecessors, High-Performance Composites and Composites Technology.
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Plant tour: ATK Aerospace Structures, Clearfield, Utah, U.S.
High-volume, high-precision fiber and tape placement for the aerospace industry are among many specialties for this composites manufacturing behemoth.
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Top CompositesWorld blogs of 2014
Flywheels, fracking, NONA, 3D printing, the i3, commercial airframes and thermoplastic sandwiches are just a few of the topics from the year's top 10 CW Blog posts. Plus, a bonus photo contest.
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The vexing economics of carbon fiber manufacturing
Hexcel's VP and GM Americas, Mike Canario, reviews tough economics the govern carbon fiber manufacturing today, and how they might affect future supply.
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Boeing offers insight on 787 composites lessons
John Byrne, VP aircraft materials and structures at Boeing, has a bone to pick with the composites industry in general and the carbon fiber community in particular.
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CAMX 2014 show report
Bigger, better and more inclusive than any previous U.S. composites trade event, the inaugural show turns North American eyes forward to the future.
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Automotive consortium aims to boost composites data management
Granta Design's automotive consortium hopes to help automakers and automotive suppliers gather, organize and manage manufacturing and materials data to develop best-practice standards.
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Goodbye CT, hello CW
Composites Technology magazine's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan waves a fond farewell to CT and its sister publication, High-Performance Composites, after 20 and 22 years, respectively, and introduces their replacement, CompositesWorld magazine.
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Virgin Galactic: After the crash
Although the official cause of the crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo is not yet determined, the evidence seems to indicate premature deployment of the feathering system as the culprit. Virgin Galactic is moving forward with assembly of the second SpaceShipTwo, with lessons learned from the accident surely to be applied.
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High-Performance Composites + Composites Technology = CompositesWorld
Starting January 2015, High-Performance Composites (HPC) and Composites Technology (CT) magazines will be merged to create one new monthly publication, called CompositesWorld (CW).
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