IACMI

Carbon Fibers

IACMI announces collaborative smart composite pressure vessel project

The goal of the collaboration is to develop structurally predictable, low-cost smart composite pressure vessels (SCPVs) with integrated health-monitoring.

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Lakes, rivers and the high seas: Boating’s influence on composites

We have the marine industry to thank for many of the advances seen in large-part composites fabrication.

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Thermoplastics

Sustainable thermoplastics and additive manufacturing alliance forms in Colorado

Vartega, the Colorado Cleantech Industries Association and a group of industry and academic partners have founded an Advanced Materials and Additive Manufacturing Infrastructure Development and Education (AMIDE) Alliance.

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Sustainability

Can we achieve global standards for composites?

It is the relative lack of such standards that presents one of the highest hurdles to composites adoption, and also is incredibly difficult to address.

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Editorial

Teamwork, collaboration, creative tension, innovation and the future

CW Editor Jeff Sloan shares insights into innovation and collaboration from a selection from his own summer reading list, The Innovators by Walter Isaacson.

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Abaris to relocate advanced composites training operation to Composite Prototyping Center

New base for Abaris’ East Coast operations will allow the company to expand beyond its current curriculum.

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Reflections after 60 columns about composites innovations

During the span of columnist Dale Brosius’s first 60 columns, several composites industry advancements have been truly eye-catching.

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Weaving

IACMI, DuPont, Fibrtec and Purdue University explore new thermoplastics manufacturing process

New carbon fiber composite manufacturing process exhibits improved fabric formability characteristics compared to traditional woven materials.

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Autoclave

The spread of spread tow

Advancing from “lighter and thinner” to boosting strength, stiffness, impact resistance and productivity, spread tow unlocks new applications and markets.

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IACMI

People on the Move: April 2018

CW’s monthly roundup of people on the move in the composites industry.

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