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Software Update: Simulation saves
A look inside the increasingly well-equipped virtual toolbox for composite design, analysis, and manufacturing.
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What will be the next major iteration in carbon fiber?
A consultant and the president of Dayton, Ohio-based Quickstep Composites, the U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Quickstep Technologies (Bankstown Airport, New South Wales), Dale Brosius surveys the carbon fiber horizon for signs of what carbon fiber types will be pre-eminent.
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The best and brightest
HPC Editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan asks: How does the composites industry “sell” to students the huge range of opportunities it has to offer?
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Check Out the Competition: Visit the Awards Pavilion at CAMX
If you're headed to CAMX 2014, Oct. 13-16 in Orlando, Fla., be sure to check out the entries in the Awards for Composites Excellence (ACE) and the CAMX Awards — some of which are previewed here.
Read MoreWind Industry Highlights - August 2014
Highlights from recent news reported by North American WINDPOWER.
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The reality of carbon fiber for the auto industry today
Greg Rucks, a manager in the transportation practice at composites think tank Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI, Snowmass, Colo.), sees realistic pathways for carbon fiber incursion in to the automotive passenger car market.
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Reshoring, right shoring and innovation: Implications for composites
A CT columnist, consultant and president of Dayton, Ohio-based Quickstep Composites, the U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Quickstep Technologies (Bankstown Airport, New South Wales), Dale Brosius sees a recent trend toward reshoring, as U.S. manufacturers retrench after decades of outsourcing fabrication to low-wage locales in emerging economies.
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The Odd Couple
CT editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan draws attention to the disappearing gap between the composites industry's once widely separated "aerospace-grade" and "industrial-grade" sectors.
Read MoreEmerging markets, technologies featured in CAMX 2014 presentations
The foundation of composites fabrication was built on applications in tried-and-true markets like aerospace, marine and automotive. The industry’s superstructure (and future), however, likely will depend on and revolve around emerging markets and technologies, including infrastructure, renewable energy, additive manufacturing and composites design optimization. Fortunately, each of these will be explored in depth at CAMX 2014 via conference technical sessions.
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Mini fiber-optic SHM system embedded into composites
Partners in the SMARTFIBER project have demonstrated continued and automatic structural health monitoring.
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