November 2014 Issue
November 2014
Features
Featured articles from the November 2014 issue of CompositesWorld
Combining curing processes for faster part production
Regloplas USA (St. Joseph, Mich.) says it has demonstrated a tool heating method that overcomes poor temperature uniformity in autoclave curing processes.
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FACC AG: Aerocomposites Powerhouse
This pragmatic Austria-based innovator is pursuing lofty goals in an aerocomposites future full of opportunity.
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High-Performance Composites + Composites Technology = CompositesWorld
Starting January 2015, High-Performance Composites (HPC) and Composites Technology (CT) magazines will be merged to create one new monthly publication, called CompositesWorld (CW).
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PMI foam core outperforms honeycomb in infused nose landing gear doors
The results of Airbus (Toulouse, France) subsidiary Composite Technology Centre GmbH (CTC, Stade, Germany) studies in 2013 to find more productive but less costly methods of fabricating carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) sandwich constructions.
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SPE ACCE 2014 report
Automotive composites still on the horizon — are they getting closer?
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The democratization of carbon fiber
Composites industry consultant and regular HPC columnist Dale Brosius says the battle for carbon fiber’s industrial market will be won by suppliers with the lowest costs and greatest capacities.
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The Picture Frame Shear Test method
Dr. Donald F. Adams (Wyoming Test Fixtures, Salt Lake City, Utah) reviews the history of the Picture Frame Shear Test method.
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