Out of Autoclave
Mass reduction for mass appeal: FRPs and CMCs in RVs
Composites save weight, speed assembly, improve aesthetics and diminish warranty service and promote sales.
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The reality of carbon fiber for the auto industry today
Greg Rucks, a manager in the transportation practice at composites think tank Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI, Snowmass, Colo.), sees realistic pathways for carbon fiber incursion in to the automotive passenger car market.
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Event pavilion: SMC panels ensure architectural authenticity
To expand its services, the High Bullen golf and spa hotel in Devonshire, U.K., converts a little-used tennis facility into a flexible meetings facility, and kept the remodeled structure within the local "heritage" code with simulated mortared stone-like composite panels from Acell Industries Ltd. (Dublin, Ireland).
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The Odd Couple
CT editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan draws attention to the disappearing gap between the composites industry's once widely separated "aerospace-grade" and "industrial-grade" sectors.
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Mini fiber-optic SHM system embedded into composites
Partners in the SMARTFIBER project have demonstrated continued and automatic structural health monitoring.
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Composites steady radio telescope reflector
Precise carbon fiber-reinforced dish prototype could be the model for as many as 2,500 telescopes in the Square Kilometre Array.
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JEC Americas 2014 Review
Composites industry exhibitors at this combined show emphasized the textile side of the fiber/resin mix and touted process automation.
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Aerospace and industrial next-gen advanced composites: A two-way street?
The head of his own consulting company and the president of Dayton, Ohio-based Quickstep Composites, the U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Quickstep Technologies (Bankstown Airport, New South Wales), HPC columnist Dale Brosius sees “aerospace” and “industrial” innovation as a two-way street.
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Aerospace and industrial next-gen advanced composites: A two-way street?
The head of his own consulting company and the president of Dayton, Ohio-based Quickstep Composites, the U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Quickstep Technologies (Bankstown Airport, New South Wales), HPC columnist Dale Brosius sees “aerospace” and “industrial” innovation as a two-way street.
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High-performance vs. general purpose
Jeff Sloan notes the closing gap between “aerospace” and “industrial” composites.
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