August 2007 Issue
August 2007
Features
Featured articles from the August 2007 issue of CompositesWorld
Engineering Insights: BMC Creates New Dimensions in Underhood Apps
Specially formulated material enables production of high-tolerance automotive engine air intake component.
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Inside Manufacturing: Tooling Method Replicates Intricate Woodgrain in Fiberglass Doors
Toolmaker becomes molder to offer the beauty of natural wood and the durability and weatherability of composites to residential entry door OEMs.
Read MoreMansplaining composites
We had some friends over for dinner the other night. They’d read about the recent rollout of Boeing’s 787, heard that these marvelous “composites” were used extensively on the plane, remembered that I edited a composites magazine and started quizzing me about what composites are.
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New hybrid electric bus takes advantage of composites
Mobile Energy Solutions LLC (MES, Golden, Colo.) will soon premiere a “green” transit bus, featuring a fuel cell/hybrid permanent-magnet electric propulsion system (built by UQM Technologies, Frederick, Colo.) optimized for fuel efficiency with an all-composite body. The low-floor, 37-passenger vehicle is being
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Reinforced Thermoplastics: LFRT vs. GMT
As the suppliers of long fiber-reinforced thermoplastics and glass-mat thermoplastics battle for market supremacy, the winner is … the composites OEM.
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SPE's Automotive Composites Conference
The Society’s Automotive and Composites Divisions’ annual fete adds new features.
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