October 2003 Issue
October 2003
Features
Featured articles from the October 2003 issue of CompositesWorld
2003 SPE Automotive Composites Conference
The third annual Society of Plastics Engineers event highlights hybrid solutions.
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Composite wraps strengthen and extend life of railroad ties
With nearly 930 million railroad crossties in service in the U.S. alone, 15 million require renewal or replacement every year. In a study sponsored by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), researchers at West Virginia University (Morgantown, W.Va., U.S.A.) investigated the benefits of wrapping creosote-treated
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Composites Open Road To Innovation In India
Railway and automotive applications point the way to composite mass production.
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Europe's Infusion Pioneer Simplifies Process With Bottom Up Approach
Yacht builder's computer-designed method yields vacuum infusion without technical confusion.
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Getting To The Core Of Composite Laminates
A wealth of low-cost core solutions are available for high-performance sandwich structures.
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RV manufacturer converts to all-composite motorhome shells and floors
Since 1971, Trail Wagons - Chinook RV Inc. has built motorhomes with one-piece, molded fiberglass shells at its 115,000 ft2 plant in Yakima, Wash, U.S.A. Claiming that the shell design is essential to RV structural integrity, ease of maintenance and weather resistance, the company offers the U.S. RV industry's only
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