Materials

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Composite submersibles: Under pressure in deep, deep waters

Manned deepsea exploration calls for a highly engineered composites solution that saves weight and preserves life — at 6,500-psi service pressure.

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Polyurethane’s processing speed, properties enable bigger blades

Decade-long development effort reaches key wind energy cost-reduction milestone using epoxy-besting infusion resin.

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Ketones

Composites recycling: Gaining traction

Recycling of carbon fiber, glass fiber and — at last — resins, is growing as new players enter the space.

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Carbon Fibers

European SAMPE meeting explores composites innovation

High spots from SAMPE Europe’s Summit 17.

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Thermoplastics

The automotive industry’s “killer app”?

Automotive is king, and the killer automotive app will be the multi-material and all-carbon-fiber B-pillar.

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Process automation: A model response to Trumponomics and Brexit?

Offshoring can’t go on forever and a significant trend toward reshoring is probably inevitable.

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Thermoplastics

CompositesWorld's story planning journey

Automotive materials and process innovation in the driver’s seat.

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Carbon Fibers

Collaboration produces winning paddleboard

Design, and design for manufacturability, come together in this racing SUP for one-off and serial production.

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Accelerating materials insertion: Where do virtual allowables fit?

In the quest to reduce the time and cost for aerocomposite design allowables development, will conventional physical testing and virtual testing go head-to-head or work side-by-side?

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Pressure Vessels

Curved pultrusion? No longer an oxymoron

Radius-Pultrusion process offers linear or curved profiles.

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