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MTI Valve unveiled as innovative solution in resin infusion

New resin inlet valve touted as easy, low-cost way to ensure laminate compaction and “optimal” fiber volume fraction.

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Wind/Energy

Highlights from JEC Americas

Biomimetics, biomaterials and more.

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Adhesives

Public transit: Modular composites update Sao Paulo ferries

When the Brazilian state of São Paulo, through its state-controlled company DERSA, funded new composite superstructures for 12 existing car ferries, Barracuda Advanced Composites (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) specified materials and engineered the new design.

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Braiding

2014 JEC Europe Review

The composites world met again in Paris, vibrant, stronger, and more forward-looking than ever before.

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The path toward certification by simulation, Part 1: Verification & validation and uncertainty quantification

The movement to cut time and cost of airframe certification is gaining momentum. What are V&V and UQ and how might they support more reliable composites simulation?

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Ketones

JEC Europe 2014 Review

The composites world met again in Paris, vibrant, stronger, and more forward-looking than ever before.

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Carbon Fibers

SAMPE Europe 2014 Review

SAMPE Europe’s 35th International Conference (SEICO 14) was also its last. Beginning in 2015, SAMPE Europe will henceforth organize one large annual conference, combining its SEICO and SETEC events into a multitrack multidisciplinary conference and exhibition.

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Prepregs

VX Aerospace: Small company, big performance

Innovative design, OOA manufacturing and C-PLY laminate construction produce “big fabricator” aerostructures in fewer steps at low cost.

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Autoclave

3D Printing continuous carbon fiber composites?

Additive manufacturing startup MarkForged aims to make it happen and is already marketing systems.

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Infusion

SAMPE Tech Seattle 2014 at a glance

A short compilation of SAMPE Tech Seattle 2014 program highlights.

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ELFOAM rigid foam products
Toray Advanced Composites hi-temperature materials
Kent Pultrusion
U.S. Polychemical Acrastrip
Wabash
Alpha’s Premier ESR®
Airtech
Release agents and process chemical specialties
Release agents and process chemical specialties