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Carbon/teak swim ladder adds indestructible, elegant touch to yacht fittings
After custom composites fabricator GMT Composites (Bristol, R.I., U.S.A.) completed a carbon composite passerelle (foot bridge) and a lifting deck and transom for a custom 90-ft ketch under construction in Rockport, Maine, U.S.A., the impressed customer requested that GMT custom build a folding swim ladder to match
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Resin transfer molding and preforms for jet engine stators
New 3-D woven preforms and nanofillers will improve part quality and reduce manufacturing costs.
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SparrowHawk all-carbon composite sailplane
The first-ever all-carbon composite sailplane yields unprecedented maneuverability and top performance.
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Post-show review of the 2004 U.S. SAMPE Symposium
Largest-ever Symposium serves up a large helping of news and new technologies from advanced composites suppliers.
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GENOA modeling software closely predicts composite structuralfailure
Progressive failure analysis and material-level damage modeling enable life prediction of composite structures.
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A 2004 SAMPE Europe/JEC Composites Show post-show review
Paris Technical Conference marks SAMPE Europe's 25th Anniversary with myriad new developments.
Read MoreHow EPA's eight-hour ozone emission regulations may affect composites manufacturers
Susan Bassett is a chemical engineer and air quality consultant. As president of Cogent Regulatory Science Inc. (Centennial, Colo., U.S.A.), she helps composite parts manufacturers understand and comply with air quality regulations. A Tale Of Two Maps Location, location, location is the leading factor in determining
Read More2004 JEC Composites Show post-show report
Business as usual in Paris? No ... much better, merci!
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New steel-strip-reinforced fiberglass pipe handles high-pressure oilfield applications
Hybrid technology positions composite pipeline to compete with steel in land and sea oilfields.
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User-friendly resins expanding composites' reach
Novel niche formulas enable composites breakthroughs for new market applications, traditional material replacement.
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Compression molding press technology adapts to meet new composite material processing requirements
Faster compression molding presses keep pace with new highly loaded, low-flow thermoplastics and thermosets.
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Composite cowl and instrument panel for utility vehicle meet production rate via in-mold coating
When E-Z-Go, a division of Textron, selected custom molder GI Plastek (Newburyport, Mass., U.S.A.) to produce both the cowl and instrument panel for the E-Z-GO ST 4x4 Utility Vehicle, the challenge was to manufacture parts that achieved extremes of aesthetic and mechanical performance at reasonable cost. Marketed as a
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