February 2007 Issue
February 2007
Features
Featured articles from the February 2007 issue of CompositesWorld
'String binder' key to consistent preforms
A chopped glass preform is typically made by spraying chopped fiber and a liquid or powder binder onto a part-shaped screen. A vacuum is pulled to hold the fibers in place until heat or ultraviolet (UV) light melts or reacts the binder. These binder systems, however, require application streams and equipment separate
Read MoreEngineering Insights: All-Composite Hovercraft Rises to Performance Challenge
An exclusive look at a lightweight pultruded and resin-infused design that sets a new standard for amphibious craft.
Read MoreInnovation Driving Automotive SMC
New materials, methods and machinery are restoring sheet molding compound's preferred material status for automotive and heavy truck body panels.
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Inside Manufacturing: A Reinforced Thermoplastic Car Hood?
Low-density GMT-cored sandwich construction and novel inductive mold-heating strategy are a viable option for horizontal body panels.
Read MoreJEC COMPOSITES 2007 Exhibitor List
The following is based on the best information available from JEC on Jan. 29, 2007. "TBD"= to be determined. 3M France TBD A&P Technology TBD Aachen Composite Engineers TBD ABB France TBD Additek SaS Q16 Advanced Composites Group M14 AEC Polymers TBD Aero Consultants Ltd. AG N32 AGY K10
Read MoreJeff Sloan's first editorial for Composites Technology
A lot of the "old guard"manufacturing processes in the U.S. (metal bending, metal machining, metal casting, etc.) grew up and prospered with the automotive industry, and it was on the coattails of these workhorses that the 20th Century American manufacturing boom rode to prominence.
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