Out of Autoclave

Glass Fibers

Ushering in a new era for windows … and more

Superlative stiffness and thermal efficiency could make this highly glass-filled pultruded polyurethane insert a construction industry go-to material of choice.

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Aerospace

Fastener-free, composite aircraft door and control surfaces

All-composite, integrated structures using RTM cut weight and cost by more than 30%.

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Prepregs

CFRP: Opportunities in orthopedics

Carbon fiber has a niche, but can it secure a larger piece of a high-growth pie?

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Aerospace

Thermoplastics riding into automotive, aerospace

The legacy of composite parts and structures is built on a family of thermosets — including epoxy, vinyl ester, polyester and phenolic — that have helped tremendously to make the industry what it is today. Not to be forgotten are thermoplastics, which have played a serious role as well, and offer advantages that promise to make this material type one of the fastest growing over the next decade.

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ATL/AFP

More on Spanish composites: Solution providers

My pre-JEC Europe 2016 trip through Spain yielded much fodder for future editorial content, and proved to me that the country’s composites sector is brimming with innovation.

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Epoxies

Structural adhesives, Part I: Industrial

Today’s myriad chemistry options enable formulators to tailor adhesives to customers' exact application requirements.

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Defense

Large portable antenna goes lightweight with conductive composites

CFRP matches metal performance at one-third the weight thanks to innovative materials and precision manufacturing.

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Pultrusion

Pultrusions provide composite thermal break

Army hospital combats Alaskan cold with FRP shapes/fasteners.

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Aerospace

JEC World 2016, the full report

CompositesWorld's editors report on the technologies and products that caught our eye at JEC World 2016, in early March.

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Out of Autoclave

Damage-propagation-resistant FRP: From bridge deck to canal lock

New work in application of composites in bridges and bridge decks.

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