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Out-of-autoclave processing: <1% void content?
Research sheds light on air and air-bubble behavior in OOA aerospace prepregs.
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Heated composites
LaminaHeat enables heated composite tools and new opportunities for composites via multifunctional structures.
Read MoreZoltek’s Hungarian plant to add carbon fiber production capacity
Zoltek Corp. (St. Louis, MO, US) has worked out a deal with the Hungarian government to expand capacity.
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Laser projection: Envisioning more than templates
Advanced systems offer ply-placement verification, aids to faster assembly and manufacturing process and quality control.
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US wind energy: Parity with fossil fuels is getting closer
CW columnist and composites industry consultant Dale Brosius says a recent report issued by the US DoE offers reasons for optimism about US composite-industry prospects in the wind energy industry even without the stimulus from the Production Tax Credit.
Read MoreAmerican wind energy adds jobs in 2014, credits PTC tax credit
The industry calls on Congress to extend the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind power.
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Wind industry highlights
DONG Energy takes over US offshore wind project, U.S. homeowners show bipartisan support for wind and corporations buy in as cost of wind drops 50% over five years.
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Aerospace still matters
CW columnist Dale Brosius is the head of his own consulting company, which serves clients in the composites industry worldwide. Here, he comments on the still prominent role the aerospace industry will have in the automotive industry's integration of composites into its manufacturing mix.
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Notes from JEC Europe 2015: Known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns
The composites industry’s largest trade show, JEC Europe, was held March 10-12 in Paris. CW's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan offers his just-back-from-the-show assessment.
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Known knowns, known unknowns, unknown unknowns
JEC Europe 2015, March 10-12 in Paris, shed some light on where composites are, and where they're headed.
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