Adhesives
Besting Big Ben: A Marvel in Makkah
Composite design makes possible the world’s largest clock and tallest clock tower.
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Structural armor or armored structures?
Either way, antiballistics engineers seek structural integrity and ballistic deterrence from a single design.
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Fastener shear test methods
Dr. Donald Adams (Wyoming Test Fixtures, Salt Lake City, Utah) appraises existing methods for testing the performance of fasteners loaded in transverse shear.
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Lightweighting a heavyweight
Process combination produces significantly lighter overhead storage bins for big-rig sleeper cabs.
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The green challenge
Hugo Giffard, engineer and continuous improvement manager at LM Wind Power (Canada) Inc. (Gaspé, Quebec, Canada) discusses the need for recycling partners in his company's efforts to deal responsibly with waste glass-fiber reinforcements.
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Interior innovation: The value proposition
OEMs and Tier suppliers ask materials and molding processes to go “green” and do more for less.
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Hotel wrap: Curvilinear pultrusions
Airport hotel’s striking wraparound roofline made possible, durable and affordable with pultruded flat panels and profiled support structures.
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Third-party tests support claims for crosslinking spray adhesive
Aerospace manufacturers that adopt vacuum infusion processes are discovering what processors of boat hulls and wind turbine blades already know: Placement of multiple plies of slippery dry fiber reinforcements in molds with vertical sides or tight radii is problematic.
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SAMPE 2010 Seattle Showcase
SAMPE’s first-ever foray into Boeing Country wrapped up with the M&P organization’s biggest draw this decade.
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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.
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