Reinforcements
From dream to reality, with a good business plan
CompositesWorld's conference director Scott Stephenson comments on Istanbul, Turkey-based Akrilik Kimya Sanayii's successful quest to enter the small community of the world's carbon fiber producers.
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3-D woven reinforcements update
Suppliers make progress toward reinforcement preforms that exhibit comparable properties in the x, y and z axes.
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Mae West: Pipe dream in Munich
Unique fiber architecture and mandrel-less filament winding process make “impossible” rotational paraboloid sculpture possible in carbon composites.
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Composites enable new advances in engine technology
CompositesWorld's conference director Scott Stephenson recalls a presentation at the recent Carbon Fiber 2010 conference (Dec. 7-9, La Jolla, Calif.) by Doug Ward of GE Aviation (Cincinnati, Ohio) on design trends in commercial jet engines that favor the use of composites.
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Portable wind turbine powers the warrior
DARPA-financed program puts wind energy to use for battery and system recharging.
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Carbon fiber market: Cautious optimism
As the recession recedes, the demand for carbon fiber, and the supply to meet it, will exceed prerecession expectations.
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Antiballistics: Better defense, less expense
Armor applications grow on the strength of new markets, new composite materials.
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Low-volume thermoplastics: Differential pressure molding
Cost-effective tooling and presses enable semi-automated prototyping and low-volume production of thermoplastic composites.
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Designing bicycling’s lightest pro racing frame
Cervélo’s Vroomen White Design group combines analysis and manufacturing acumen to create a 675g/1.5 lb composite frame.
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Cabin cruiser: Making the most of a mirror finish
The hull mirror-like gel coat finish on the Daedulus 30 cabin cruiser was achieved through a combination of Marine Concepts’ (Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, U.K.) mold design experience and fabrication techniques and materials provided by Scott Bader (Wollaston, Northamptonshire, U.K.).
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