Sara Black Senior Technical Editor Emeritus
Advanced materials for aircraft interiors
Applications aren't as demanding as airframe composites, but requirements are still exacting — passenger safety is key.
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Low-cost, high-volume molding method and carbon fiber/epoxy spar show promise for replacement wind turbine blades.
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Automation In The Cast Polymer Industry
Material and labor savings result when manufacturers automate cultured stone and solid surface processes.
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Taking Up Tooling Boards
Tooling Board ManufacturersEpoxy and polyurethane tooling boards are a standby for creating models or low-run-production tooling.
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Tooling And Toolmaking Innovations Continue
New products and practices advance the efficiency and economy of advanced composite part production.
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Update: Composite PCBs
Small printed circuit boards are big consumers of composite materials.
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Sky's The Limit For Composites-intensive UAVs
Market growth is being spurred primarily by post-9/11 combat actions, homeland security and natural disasters.
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Automated Aircraft Repair Closer To Reality
Inspection and Repair Preparation Cell (IRPC) unveiled, revealing progress made toward automated aircraft repair workcells.
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Composites Alive And Well In Offshore Oil Applications
The petroleum industry is moving forward with many interesting projects that will increase composite demand.
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Innovative Composite Design May Replace Aluminum Chassis
It's been called the automotive engineer's dream material. Able to assume any shape while delivering stiffness, strength and light weight, carbon fiber has been the material of choice for years in structural components and stylishly aerodynamic exterior panels on race cars and exotic supercars costing more th
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