Processes

Adhesives 1 Jul 2012

Infused CFRP: New One-Design paradigm

The Farr 400 opens a new frontier in Grand Prix sail racing, with greater precision at lower cost.

Marine 25 Jun 2012

Italian racer uses foam sandwich design, Scott Bader adhesive

Boatbuilder Anselmo Mauri has manufactured Revolver 42, a polyhedric monohull speedboat, constructed using high-permforance composites, including foam core sandwich design and adhesive provided by Scott Bader.

Pultrusion 4 Jun 2012

Fire destroys window/door pultruder’s plant

Pultruder Omniglass Ltd.’s manufacturing facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba was destroyed by fire in January of this year.

Filament Winding 31 May 2012

Making continuous composite pipe

The continuous filament winding process was developed in the 1970s by Danish inventor Frede Hilmar Drostholm, and it was commercialized first by Toledo, Ohio-based Owens Corning’s engineered pipe systems business, in partnership with several entities, including Amiantit (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Vera Fabrikker (later Flowtite Pipe and Tank AS, Sandefjord, Norway). The ingenious process involves a cantilevered, horizontal rotating mandrel system.

Construction 31 May 2012

Designing for high pressure: Large-diameter underground pipe

Careful analysis is needed to ensure success of buried composite piping for industrial applications.

Glass Fibers 31 May 2012

Pultruded windows: Rising high?

New pultrudable glass fiber/resin formulations enable window manufacturers to break in to commercial architecture and build market share in residential construction.

Workforce Development 31 May 2012

Cured-in-place pipe: UV curing ensures liner performance in leaking pipe

When the Knoxville, Tenn. Utilities Board faced a needed repair of an actively leaking clay sewer pipe, it opted for Reline America's (Saltville, Va.) cured-in-place pipe cured with ultraviolet (UV) light.

Out of Autoclave 1 May 2012

Integrated, optimized aircraft door

This composites manufacturer is betting its one-piece 3-D preform and RTM process will trim weight from today’s fastener-intensive “black aluminum” aircraft doors.