Out of Autoclave

Biomaterials 1 Oct 2014

Bio-prepreg guitar: The look, feel, acoustic quality of wood

When the El Capitan, a composite guitar from Blackbird Guitar (San Francisco, Calif.), made its debut this year with the look and sound of a vintage instrument.

Out of Autoclave 1 Oct 2014

Pultruded window: Glass/polyurethane prototype wins award

Deceuninck Group NV (Hooglede-Gits, Belgium), is at the forefront of composite window frame design and innovation, as evidenced by its recent award for a large, prototype window designed to open like a door.

Out of Autoclave 30 Sep 2014

CAMX offers unprecedented new product access

CAMX 2014, Oct. 13-16 in Orlando, Fla., promises to be North America's largest ever composites trade show and conference. As a result, exhibitors are coming to the event with a wide array of new and existing materials, machinery, software and technology designed to help make composites fabrication faster, easier and more adaptable. CompositesWorld has been gathering information from CAMX exhibitors about what they will be featuring and introducing in their booths. This week's CAMX newsletter offers a preview of some of what you will find on the show floor.

Out of Autoclave 24 Sep 2014

ITHEC: Thermoplastics, hybrids for auto, industrial, aero

The International Conference & Exhibition on Thermoplastic Composites features Vokswagen’s new Open Hybrid LabFactory, Airbus’ work on short-fiber aircraft structures, low-viscosity thermoplastic RTM and more.

Carbon Fibers 24 Sep 2014

Teijin's high-speed composites manufacturing process: Still a mystery

Since Teijin's 60-second carbon fiber molding process was announced in 2011, we've heard little about it. It would be great for the industry if it could bear fruit soon.

Materials Testing 18 Sep 2014

Ultrasound evaluation of prepreg impregnation levels

The Ultran Group has developed non-contact ultrasound (NCU) that can accurately assess prepreg level of impregnation (LOI) with implications for out-of-autoclave processing, inline quality control and even automated tape laying.