Infrastructure

Out of Autoclave 14 Mar 2016

SAMPE Paris event highlights composites for auto, infrastructure

Summit Paris 2016, held one day before JEC World 2016, focused on emerging and creative technologies for cars and for bridges.

NDI 26 Feb 2016

Automation: Robots taking off in commercial aircraft

Will this affordable and versatile class of multiaxis manufacturing hardware and software drivers enable airframers to reduce costs and speed deliveries?

RTM 25 Feb 2016

Can basalt fiber bridge the gap between glass and carbon?

When I started writing about composites in the way, way back, industry innovator Brandt Goldsworthy was still alive. His article on basalt fiber was one of the most-read columns in the old Composites Technology book, and there seems to be a lot of interest in this alternative performance fiber. Mafic SA is a new player in the basalt fiber market.

Aerospace 29 Jan 2016

Graphene composite could help keep wings ice-free

A thin coating of graphene nanoribbons in epoxy developed at Rice University has proven effective at melting ice on a helicopter blade.

Infrastructure 29 Jan 2016

Recycled carbon fiber proves its potential for aircraft interiors

An Airbus-led team characterizes RCF veils and shows their ability to best glass fiber composite sidewalls in cost, weight and surface finish.

Space 28 Jan 2016

NASA/Boeing composite launch vehicle fuel tank scores firsts

Subscale 5.5m-diameter cryogenic tank demonstrator with innovative fluted-core skirt is formed via robotic AFP and cured out of the autoclave.

Adhesives 28 Jan 2016

Disruptive composite infrastructure

FiberCore Europe claims the "Holy Grail" of delamination-resistant FRP bridge and infrastructure components with its patented InfraCore technology.

Construction 8 Jan 2016

How have composite bridges measured up?

The latest US highway bill includes a provision to assess performance of composite bridges built years ago, bridges that CW wrote about.

Wind/Energy 29 Dec 2015

CW Ideas in Action

Ideas are just ideas until someone does the hard work of putting them into action and seeing results. CW's editors, therefore, inaugurate an annual review of Ideas in Action, celebrating a handful of hot concepts that could make those who conceived them "household names."

IACMI 10 Nov 2015

CAMX 2015: Award winners, keynote report, show news

If you didn't make it to CAMX 2015, the event was, by all accounts, a success. Feedback from the exhibit floor and the conference was positive and upbeat, and with 7,500+ attendees, the show has established itself as North America's largest composites trade event.

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