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Destroyer deckhouse roof meets U.S. Navy fire code with phenolic composite
An all-composite deckhouse superstructure, built by Huntington Ingalls Industries (Gulfport, Miss.) cuts topside weight and enables stealth capability by reducing the radar signature of the U.S. Navy’s new, nearly $4 billion (USD) Zumwalt-class destroyer.
Read MoreSPE ACCE 2014 best paper winners announced
Two papers in the Virtual Prototyping & Testing of Composites session, and one in the Nanocomposites session, have been judged the best at this year's SPE Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition, Sept. 9-11 in Novi, Mich., USA.
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Disaster-resistant housing: Framing the future
This need in developing nations could be met by a composite structural framing system capable of producing both fortified dwellings and jobs.
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Composites steady radio telescope reflector
Precise carbon fiber-reinforced dish prototype could be the model for as many as 2,500 telescopes in the Square Kilometre Array.
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JEC Americas 2014 Review
Composites industry exhibitors at this combined show emphasized the textile side of the fiber/resin mix and touted process automation.
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RocTool announces new high-volume molding process
Light Induction Tooling (LIT) combines a simple, low-pressure molding system with fast heating and cooling technology to produce composite parts in cycles ranging from 105 to 310 seconds.
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Celebrating a great composite design
The well-liked and well-known Hinckley "Picnic Boat" is 20 years old. CW recounts composites use on this popular yacht.
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2014 JEC Europe Review
The composites world met again in Paris, vibrant, stronger, and more forward-looking than ever before.
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SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers expands Moses Lake facility . . . again
BMW signals that it is serious about consuming carbon fiber for years to come as SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers expands its Washington production site to 9,000 tons per year.
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