Out of Autoclave

Maximum thrills: Minimal tools

Water slide manufacturer’s disastrous fire loss opens door to a closed molding process that reduces the number — and cost — of production molds, promising future gain.

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Construction

Manhole covers: Composites replace cast iron on university campus

Traditional cast-iron manhole covers are replaced on a college campus with composite versions manufactured by Fibrelite Composites (Skipton, North Yorkshire, U.K., and Pawcatuck, Conn.).

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Out of Autoclave

The positive consequences of regulating styrene

In 1859, Thomas Austin imported 24 wild rabbits from England and released them into the Victoria, Australia, countryside to provide animals for sport hunting.

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RTM

HPC goes to SPE ACCE

CT Editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan fields initial reports from two CT staffers about the recent — and growing — Society of Plastics Engineers' Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition.

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Tailored Fiber Placement: Besting metal in volume production

Affordable automated production of highly optimized preforms and parts.

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Braiding

Paris Air Show 2013: A century of aircraft progress

Torrential rains couldn’t dampen the spirit of innovation or stop the flood of business aerospace announcements.

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Aerospace

Tooling up for larger launch vehicles

NASA and Janicki Industries demonstrate composites’ cost advantage in tooling for fabrication of 10m/33 ft diameter payload fairing for next-generation launch vehicle.

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Infrastructure

HPC turns 20

Celebrating two-decades of composites advocacy.

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Pressure Vessels

Wanted: Big thinkers and risk takers

Quickstep Composites (Dayton, Ohio) president and independent consultant Dale Brosius challenges the auto industry to think big and take risks in composites R&D.

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IBEX 2013 preview

Louisville gets the nod for the fourth year in 2013, but in 2014 IBEX returns to Florida by popular demand.

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