Out of Autoclave

Automotive

SPE's ACCE 2010 preview

Charting a composites course through the auto industry’s “perfect storm.”

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Automotive

Interior innovation: The value proposition

OEMs and Tier suppliers ask materials and molding processes to go “green” and do more for less.

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Out of Autoclave

Hotel wrap: Curvilinear pultrusions

Airport hotel’s striking wraparound roofline made possible, durable and affordable with pultruded flat panels and profiled support structures.

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Third-party tests support claims for crosslinking spray adhesive

Aerospace manufacturers that adopt vacuum infusion processes are discovering what processors of boat hulls and wind turbine blades already know: Placement of multiple plies of slippery dry fiber reinforcements in molds with vertical sides or tight radii is problematic.

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Autoclave

Shared composite material property databases

Work at NCAMP is proceeding, with several new materials undergoing testing.

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Wind/Energy

SAMPE 2010 Seattle Showcase

SAMPE’s first-ever foray into Boeing Country wrapped up with the M&P organization’s biggest draw this decade.

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Carbon Fibers

Digital design, RTM update aircraft propeller

Second-generation type-certified propeller delivers for Cirrus Aircraft’s SR-22 at a more affordable price.

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Aerospace

Aerospace-grade compression molding

Continuous Compression Molding process produces structures 30 percent lighter than aluminum at costs that have both Airbus and Boeing sold.

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Autoclave

2010 SAMPE Europe/JEC Paris Showcase

Record crowds and reignited technological development testified to the composite industry’s renewed health and the recent recession’s demise.

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Wind/Energy

Third-party tests support claim for crosslinking spray adhesive

Tests support Westech's claim that its InfuZene spray adhesive crosslinks with vinyl ester, polyester or other styrenated thermoset resins during infusion.

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