Aerospace
Reinforced Thermoplastics: LFRT/GMT Roundup
Recent advancements in these reinforced thermoplastic technologies are expanding their performance, enabling new applications.
Read MoreMansplaining composites
We had some friends over for dinner the other night. They’d read about the recent rollout of Boeing’s 787, heard that these marvelous “composites” were used extensively on the plane, remembered that I edited a composites magazine and started quizzing me about what composites are.
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Engineering Insights: BMC Creates New Dimensions in Underhood Apps
Specially formulated material enables production of high-tolerance automotive engine air intake component.
Read MoreFrom The Publisher - 7/1/2007
Well, we’ve really got a lot going on here. We just returned from SAMPE 2007, which was held for the first time on the East Coast — in Baltimore. In my conversations with visitors and exhibitors, those who were located east of the Mississippi were thrilled and loved the venue. California-based companies, it seemed to
Read MoreMarket Trends: Standing on the Threshold
In his book by the same name, Malcom Gladwell describes The Tipping Point as “that magical moment when an idea, trend or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips and spreads like wildfire.” After decades of strong growth driven by a desire for improved performance, high-performance composites have arrived at the
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JEC COMPOSITES 2007 Product Showcase - 7/1/2007
The annual Paris conclave showcases the global expansion of composites.
Read MoreThe clarity of the retrospectroscope
My mind is easily distracted and consumed by the time-space continuum. Not the Star Trek kind, but the real-life kind.
Read MoreSpeaking Out: Composite Structural Design and Manufacturing ... the Times are A-Changin&'
In the early 1990s, I had the pleasure of working on one of the largest aerospace composites research and development (R&D) projects that has ever been conducted. The program focused on composite fuselage and wing structure for large aircraft. Designs were developed and manufacturing processes were demonstrated at
Read MoreBoeing: $2.8 trillion commercial plane market over next 20 years
A new Boeing report forecasts $2.8 trillion in new commercial plane sales, with a total market of 28,600 new passenger and freighter craft.
Read MoreCCS Composites ships first 787 hydraulic clamps
CCS Composites, a division of YLA Inc., announced its first shipment in a multiyear, multimillion dollar contract with Boeing for hydraulic clamps on the 787 _Dreamliner_.
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