Wind/Energy

Wind/Energy 1 Oct 2003

New 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

Adhesives 1 Oct 2003

Getting To The Core Of Composite Laminates

A wealth of low-cost core solutions are available for high-performance sandwich structures.

Aerospace 1 Sep 2003

Boom 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

Out of Autoclave 1 Jul 2003

New Approaches To Cost-effective Tooling

New methods, materials and philosophies add up to tooling innovations.

Wind/Energy 1 Jul 2003

Towpreg Proves Cost-competitive For Wound Pressure Vessels

Design group's new winding option streamlines new pressure vessel development.

Wind/Energy 1 Mar 2003

SAMPE EUROPE/JEC 2003 PREVIEW

The composites industry's largest international trade event expects further expansion.

Wind/Energy 1 Feb 2003

JEC 2003/SAMPE Europe 2003 Preview

The composites industry's largest international trade event anticipates further expansion.

Pressure Vessels 1 Feb 2003

Composites Technology February 2003 Editorial

Okay, 2002 was a tough year. At year's end, more prognosticators than I had ever dreamed possible were saying, "Don't ask me!" International stock markets have all gone wobbly and economic conditions around the world still seem to be on "hold" as I write. Yet, some of the composites industry's efforts are beginning

Wind/Energy 1 Feb 2003

Big Blades Cut Wind Energy Cost

Rapid growth rate of composite-intensive conversion systems drives market competition and innovation.

ATL/AFP 1 Jan 2002

Composite Accumulator Bottles Perform In Service

A riser tensioning system for a TLP consists of a tensioning ring and framework, with four to eight hydraulic cylinders — each with an attached pressure vessel or “accumulator bottle” — to support and allow movement of the rigid riser pipe. Installed in the riser wellbay, this primary structural system is desi

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