Out of Autoclave

RTM

Mold heating study proves pressurized water system

Westminster Solutions and SINGLE Temperature Controls partner to create an RTM cell that heats the mold more efficiently with pressurized water rather than with a conventional oil heating system..

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Composites education: Improvement through collaboration

The American Composites Manufacturers Assn.'s (Arlington, Va.) chief staff executive Tom Dobbins contends that composites education will advance more quickly if the industry moves toward consistent, standardized curricula for basic and advanced training.

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Marine

IBEX 2010 Highlights

The world’s largest watercraft construction exhibition navigates new waters to its first inland rendezvous.

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Autoclave

SQRTM enables net-shape parts

New out-of-autoclave process combines resin transfer molding with prepregs for complex helicopter part prototype.

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Carbon Fibers

Structural armor or armored structures?

Either way, antiballistics engineers seek structural integrity and ballistic deterrence from a single design.

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Autoclave

Hybrid Enhanced Combat Helmet enters final testing phase

The U.S. Army and Marine Corps are conducting final validation testing of the U.S. military’s next-generation — and radically new — thermoplastic composite Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH).

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Prepregs

The Private Space Race

NASA passes the development torch to legacy contractors and NewSpace entrepreneurs, igniting a new competition in space transport.

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Core

F1-inspired MonoCell: Racing safety for the road

Resin transfer molding makes CFRP passenger cell mass-producible for new model supercar.

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Aerospace

Farnborough International Airshow 2010

Although uncertainties remain, aircraft OEMs see recovery in order numbers.

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Aerospace

Aerospace & Defense M&A Analysis: It's a sellers' market

Investment banker Paul Weisbrich gauges the aerospace/defense M&A market in an exclusive interview.

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