March 2015 Issue

March

March 2015

Incremental thinking just won’t cut it!
Cover Story

Incremental thinking just won’t cut it!

Composites industry consultant and regular CW columnist Dale Brosius says if this industry is to have a future that goes anywhere profitable, then we've got to get off the road we're on and map out a whole new way to think about the tasks at hand.

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Features

Featured articles from the March 2015 issue of CompositesWorld

Autocomposites Update: Engine oil pans

Autocomposites Update: Engine oil pans

As thermoplastic composites makes inroads into these complex, modular parts, weight and cost go down, functionality goes up.

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Carbon Fiber 2014 Conference Report
Aerospace

Carbon Fiber 2014 Conference Report

Automation, alternative PAN precursor and carbon composites on commercial aircraft top the bill at December’s event on the US West Coast.

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Cobham Composites: San Diego, CA, US
Autoclave

Cobham Composites: San Diego, CA, US

An aerocomposites force since the dawn of the 1980s, this fabricator’s Big Idea is to move from quality control to in-situ process control on the strength of metrics powered by Big Data.

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Composite manhole covers
RTM

Composite manhole covers

UK utility trials ultralight access covers to reduce worker injuries and resulting compensation claims

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Integrating NDI into manufacturing:  Online inspection of CFRP prior to cure
Autoclave

Integrating NDI into manufacturing: Online inspection of CFRP prior to cure

Esmeralda Cuevas, head of NDT technologies at Tecnatom SA (San Sebastian de Los Reyes, Spain), details efforts of the TARGET project, which investigated how to integrate NDI into the composites manufacturing process prior to cure stage.

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Looking for Lindberghs
Editorial

Looking for Lindberghs

Every paradigm-shifting invention throughout human history has been met with skepticism. CW editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan says the composites industry has need of those willing to attempt what most believe impossible.

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Modular composite tank kits
Infusion

Modular composite tank kits

This fluid-storage tank component supplier employs Europe’s largest reusable vacuum bag

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Yachtbuilding Composites: Rigged for Success
Carbon Fibers

Yachtbuilding Composites: Rigged for Success

Carbon composite cabling in several forms races ahead of dry fibers and stainless steel in sailboat rigging.

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Airtech International
Airtech International Inc.
Airtech International Inc.
Airtech International Inc.