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ATL/AFP

Filament wound pipe proves durable in electric power plants

Korea-based Hankuk Fiber Glass Co. Ltd. develops a much more durable composite alternative to cast iron ash-transfer pipes for coal-burning electric power plant customers.

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Cutting/Kitting

Automating wind blade manufacture

 Recent technology announcements portend a new era of more efficient blade production.

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ATL/AFP

AFP/ATL design-to-manufacture: Bridging the gap

Managing production of a structure made via fiber or tape placement often requires software-aided  manipulation of the subtle differences between that which is designed and that which can be manufactured.

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ATL/AFP

New packaging machine uses lightweight carbon fiber airshafts

When Premier Paper Converting Machinery (New Berlin, Wis.) introduced its new custom machine for producing Kraft paper honeycomb used to make packaging materials, the device was equipped to hold four massive 98-inch/2.4m wide rolls of paper, each one weighing 5,300 lb/2,409 kg. To support these paper rolls during u

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Aerospace

ATL and AFP: Signs of evolution in machine process control

Improved machine-control software, placement accuracy and design simulation have made automated fiber placement and tape laying machines truly production-worthy. The evolution, however, still continues.

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Aerospace

There are no bad ideas

Whenever we, as an editorial staff, sit down to begin planning editorial features and other articles for the coming year, we get our ideas from a variety of sources.

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ATL/AFP

ATL and AFP: Defining the megatrends in composite aerostructures

Automated tape laying and automated fiber placement technologies take a key enabling role in production of today’s — and tomorrow’s — composite-airframed commercial jets.

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ATL/AFP

Composites Protect Pipe in Downhole Environment

Glass-reinforced epoxy provides a durable and affordable liner for alternative pipe used in enhanced oil recovery.

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Aerospace

Speaking 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

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Adhesives

Inside manufacturing: Dual-Laminate Pipe Comes of Age

Computerized pipe fusion and customized multimandrel filament winding equipment mass-produces nearly four miles of pipe for chemical plant in China.

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