Pressure Vessels

Pressure Vessels 14 Apr 2015

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.

Autoclave 31 Mar 2015

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.

Wind/Energy 31 Mar 2015

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.

Wind/Energy 18 Mar 2015

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.

Wind/Energy 10 Mar 2015

At JEC Europe 2015: Hexcel

This Stamford, CT, US-based manufacturer and supplier of advance composite materials displayed components molded with its products for applications in the automotive, wind energy and aerospace markets, and launched a new RTM resin, HexFlow RTM230 ST.

Pressure Vessels 9 Mar 2015

World's first glass fiber leaf spring for 40-ton trucks

IFC Composites moves beyond its light truck composite leaf springs for Daimler, developing a heavy commercial truck version that cuts 400 kg vs. steel.

Pressure Vessels 9 Mar 2015

CompoSIDE delivers cost and time saving for composites consultancy

STRUCTeam cites £40,000 savings in licensing costs and up to 40% reduction in design time by using this web-based composites design engineering solution.

Curing 2 Mar 2015

Looking for Lindberghs

Every paradigm-shifting invention throughout human history has been met with skepticism. CW editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan says the composites industry has need of those willing to attempt what most believe impossible.

Cutting/Kitting 2 Mar 2015

Incremental thinking just won’t cut it!

Composites industry consultant and regular CW columnist Dale Brosius says if this industry is to have a future that goes anywhere profitable, then we've got to get off the road we're on and map out a whole new way to think about the tasks at hand.