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AGY, UST Mamiya enhance Olympics equipment via fiberglass vaulting poles

Integration of S2 glass reinforcement into pole brand ESSX support elite U.S. pole vaulting athlete performance and safety during this year’s Olympic Games.

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Kaneka Aerospace

Kaneka Aerospace is putting on two presentations demonstrating an E-glass prepreg and X-TP, a material with thermoset and thermoplastic benefits. Its booth displays new fire-retardant resin offerings.

People in Composites: July 2022

New personnel announcements have been made in July by composites companies AGY Holding Corp., Airbus, STRUCTeam, Arris Composites and KraussMaffei.

AGY, Kaneka develop transparent fiber-reinforced composite

The S-2 Glass fiber/epoxy material offers tunable transparency, low haze, good impact and mechanical properties.

Materials & Processes: Fibers for composites

The structural properties of composite materials are derived primarily from the fiber reinforcement. Fiber types, their manufacture, their uses and the end-market applications in which they find most use are described.

Glass fiber supply chain struggles amid pandemic, economic recovery

Transportation issues, rising demands and other factors have led to higher costs or delays for gun rovings and more. Suppliers and Gardner Intelligence share their perspectives.

The making of glass fiber

The old art behind this industry’s first fiber reinforcement is explained,with insights into new fiber science and future developments.

Hybrid composite materials: tailoring for specific performance

I received a link to an interesting technical paper presented at CAMX by AGY (Aiken, SC, US). It got me thinking about hybrid composites.

Fiber-metal laminates in the spotlight

Interest in FMLs is growing again as aeroengineers search for lightweight solutions adaptable to new narrowbody commercial aircraft.

OOA composites in next-generation launch systems

As United Launch Alliance ULA replaces Atlas and Delta with next-generation launch rockets under the Vulcan name, supplier Ruag Space has been selected to provide lower cost/improved quality out-of-autoclave fabrication of Vulcan’s composite primary structures. Ruag will manufacture 5.4m payload fairings and 400-series interstage adapters for ULA’s Atlas V rocket.

Size-unlimited OOA composite process enables next-gen system

United Launch Alliance selects Ruag Space for lower cost/improved quality out-of-autoclave manufacture of Vulcan’s composite primary structures.

The resurgence of GLARE

Airbus pursues fiber metal laminates for future narrowbody construction, citing cost, weight, repair and lightning strike benefits.

JEC World 2016, the full report

CompositesWorld's editors report on the technologies and products that caught our eye at JEC World 2016, in early March.

Printed circuit boards: A mobile market

Glass fiber/epoxy prepregs have dominated the mammoth PCB market for decades. Will that continue in a time of great change?

2013 JEC Europe new product showcase

The JEC Europe 2013 trade show (March 12-14, at the Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France) was the venue for introductions of a large number of new composite materials, technologies and manufacturing processes. Here's the HPC editorial staff's compilation of what was on display.

2012 JEC Europe Highlights

JEC’s annual Paris exhibition reports impressive attendance figures as exhibitors tout big news.

Composite vs. corrosion: Battling for marketshare

Market trends and tighter budgets are helping to expand the use of composites to repair and replace corrosion-damaged infrastructure — aboveground and underground.

SAMPE 2011 Long Beach Product Showcase

Huge show, huge new product offerings … huge success.

Marquez innovates aircraft TPCs

Marquez (Montréal, Québec, Canada) supplies TPC ducting for The Boeing Co.’s 787 Personal System Unit (PSU), and the TPC structural window bezel used on all Bombardier (Montréal, Canada) Global Express business aircraft.

Carrier-capable, all-composite external fuel tank

Legacy product positions builder for a shot at an F-35 contract.

JEC Paris 2011 highlights

The news from this annual Parisian in-gathering of composites professionals is heavily weighted toward automotive lightweighting.

Antiballistics: Better defense, less expense

Armor applications grow on the strength of new markets, new composite materials.

Out-of-autoclave prepregs: Hype or revolution?

Oven-cured, vacuum-bagged prepregs show promise in production primary structures.

Structural armor or armored structures?

Either way, antiballistics engineers seek structural integrity and ballistic deterrence from a single design.

2010 SAMPE Europe/JEC Paris Showcase

Record crowds and reignited technological development testified to the composite industry’s renewed health and the recent recession’s demise.

Antiballistics: Composites in the cross hairs

An increasing quantity and variety of fiber/polymer solutions are stopping bullets and blast debris in armored ground vehicles and stationary structures.

JEC Composites 2009 showcase

Despite the doleful state of the global economy, the turnout in Paris — exhibitors and visitors — proved surprisingly strong.

The outlook for composite pressure vessels

Environmental and economic pressures continue to drive growth in the market for composite pressure vessels used in personal and public transportation applications.

JEC COMPOSITES 2008 show review

Composites professionals converged on this annual Parisian gathering in greater numbers than ever before, confident that the market’s global growth will continue.

JEC COMPOSITES Show highlights

The annual gathering in Paris reflects the industry’s confidence that the market’s global growth will continue.

Flying high on composite wings

FRP wings, fuselages and other primary and secondary structures on GA prop, turboprop and jet aircraft help lift this market to unprecedented heights.

JEC Composites 2007 Product Showcase

This year’s Parisian exhibition provides key evidence of the composites industry’s unprecedented breadth and technical sophistication.

Update: Composite PCBs

Small printed circuit boards are big consumers of composite materials.

An update on composite tanks for cryogens

More automation, improved materials bring composite fuel tanks for space applications closer to reality.

Composites on the frontlines

Armored vehicle applications on the ground and in the air fuel a growing, evolving market forhigh-performance materials.

New film and paste adhesives for specialized applications

Customer performance demands drive thriving film and paste technology development.

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