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Mold release update
New products from mold release manufacturers emphasize ease of use and application flexibility.
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Business as usual in Paris? No ... much better, merci!
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Advances in sizings and surface treatments for carbon fibers
As carbon reinforcements find new applications, unfamiliar processes and resin systems make sizing and treatment surprisingly hot topics.
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David White writes this article in his capacity as executive director of the non-profit Automotive Composites Alliance (ACA), which promotes the uses and benefits of composites in automotive industry. Also the VP of sales and marketing for Meridian Automotive Systems in Dearborn, Mich., U.S.A., White is a graduate
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Composites Make Large Difference In small Medical, Dental Applications
Surgical instruments and dental restoratives take advantage of polymers with glass-fiber and nanomaterial reinforcements.
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Thermoplastic Composites Making An Impact
Product/process developments accelerate use of long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics in automotive and industrial markets.
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Resins
Resins fall into two broad categories: thermoset and thermoplastic. While both resin types consist of molecular polymer chains, thermosets crosslink during the cure reaction (initiated by heat, catalysts or both) and “set” into a final rigid form. Thermoplastic molecular chains are processed at higher temperat
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Interplay Of Materials And Use Conditions Key To Design
A wide variety of thermoplastic resins is used for the inner fluid/pressure barrier layer, which contains the conveyed material and eliminates any possibility of weeping through the fiber composite. The most common are families of polyolefins (e.g., polyethylenes), polyphenylene sulfides (PPS), nylons (polyami
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Design Issues With Subsea And Downhole Components
For structures below the water line and in the borehole, composites add to their list of benefits the key characteristic of design flexibility, because composite materials can be tailored to meet specific challenges. For example, composites can add buoyancy to low-pressure steel air cans on a spar platform’s r
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