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Mold release update
New products from mold release manufacturers emphasize ease of use and application flexibility.
Read MoreEditorial - 1/1/2005
Nearly every issue in 2004 contained a discourse, by either one of our columnists or me, on the supply/demand issue surrounding carbon fiber -- a hot topic critical to both material suppliers and end users. My November editorial elicited a larger-than-usual response, both pro and con. If you'll recall, it concluded
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Compression molding with structural carbon SMC
Aircraft weapon system gains the high performance of carbon/epoxy with the efficiency of compression molding.
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Carbon fiber raises consumer performance index
Carbon bridges gap between large-volume sporting goods and aerospace to satisfy discriminating tastes in consumer and professional markets.
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Composites Aboard High-Speed Trains
Greater demand for weight reduction and aerodynamics put railcar manufacturers on track to greater and more extensive use of composites.
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EMCs provide tougher alternative to shape-memory alloys and plastics
Composites Technology Development Inc. (CTD, Lafayette, Colo., U.S.A.) has developed TEMBO Shape Memory Polymers, elastic memory composites (EMCs) that are less dense and about one-fifth the weight of shape-memory metal alloys but deliver greater strength than other shape-memory plastics. "Most people think of
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Anisotropic wind blade design expected to reduce wind-energy costs
Deliberately unbalanced laminate produces smoother power input from adaptive wind blades
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Are high-temp thermosets ready to go commercial?
Developed for the U.S. military, these high-performance matrices are branching out into wider use.
Read MoreComposites Past, Present and Future
Scott Hemphill is president of Hardcore Composites (New Castle, Del., U.S.A.). He earned a BS in engineering from the University of Delaware and since has accumulated 24 years of experience in the construction and composites industries. Hemphill holds three composites-related patents and currently has two additional
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The Basics Of Boat Design
Naval architects reveal design, tooling and material selection guidelines for a new sportfishing powerboat.
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