December 2008 Issue
December 2008
Features
Featured articles from the December 2008 issue of CompositesWorld
2008 SPE Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition
The annual gathering of automotive composites experts revealed significant effort to make composites more affordable and efficient and mold cycle times faster.Â
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Bitter pill for the Big Three
It appears that the U.S. auto industry, or at least the automakers known as the Big Three — GM, Ford, Chrysler — is in the midst of choosing which bitter pill to swallow.
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IBEX 2008 postshow review
Despite a sluggish boatbuilding market, this annual Miami marine showcase was the platform for the introduction of innovative composite products.
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Integrated drop-in-place superstructure the solution for Eight Mile Bridge
Based on the successful performance of previous composite bridge decks installed in Hamilton County, Ohio, highway engineers recently took a bold step, specifying an integrated composite bridge superstructure — that is, deck and support beams together in one unit — to replace a deficient span known as Eight Mile Bridge.
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New tooling paste enables complex pattern manufacture
Seaway Group (Begunje, Slovenia) is a well-known boat development company created in the early 1980s by Jernej and Japec Jakopin. Not only does the company design award-winning craft, like the Skagen 50 motor yacht, but it also performs contract engineering and produces tools and patterns to print.
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Watching a half-century of progress in composites
Looking back on my experience in the composites industry, from my first job in 1961 as a free-lance secretary to Brandt Goldsworthy to my last job as a free-lance writer for Composites Technology and High Performance Composites, gives me an uncommon perspective.
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What's new in automotive front-end modules?
Composite and hybrid composite/metal solutions reduce cost and weight and increase assembly efficiency on passenger vehicles.
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