Wind/Energy
High-volume composite applications coming to market
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Read MoreCarbon/glass hybrids used in composite wind turbine rotor blade design
As turbine blades grow to greater lengths, composite blade manufacturers take a long look at carbon/glass hybrids.
Read MoreNew Equipment Brings Tape Placement Within Reach Of Smaller Shops
"Right-sized" automated tape laying head is simple and affordable.
Read MoreNew Technology and Composites
With new technology sweeping into business from every avenue, simply keeping up sometimes feels overwhelming. Lets see - there's checkless banking, electronic inventory control, product data and life cycle management, CAD/CAM and CAE, paperless engineering, automated process control, Internet data exchange, online
Read MoreGetting To The Core Of Composite Laminates
A wealth of low-cost core solutions are available for high-performance sandwich structures.
Read MoreBoom ahead in carbon fiber market?
Could it be that carbon fiber is heading for a boom? Consider unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) just one new, relatively high-volume application (see News, p. 9). In a draft of a future "road map," the Pentagon wants to spend 10 billion dollars by 2010 to quadruple the size of the unmanned force. Based on successes
Read MoreNew Approaches To Cost-effective Tooling
New methods, materials and philosophies add up to tooling innovations.
Read MoreTowpreg Proves Cost-competitive For Wound Pressure Vessels
Design group's new winding option streamlines new pressure vessel development.
Read MoreSAMPE EUROPE/JEC 2003 PREVIEW
The composites industry's largest international trade event expects further expansion.
Read MoreJEC 2003/SAMPE Europe 2003 Preview
The composites industry's largest international trade event anticipates further expansion.
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