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Carbon Fiber Makes Ship-to-shore Crossings More Stable
3/1/2006

Traditional wood and metal gangways have been heavy and, therefore, both hard to handle and narrow — the latter to save weight. Exit Engineering (Fiesso d'Artico, Italy) has developed several carbon composite gangways — the latest, a 350 cm/138 inch model targeted at the larger yacht market. At 60 cm/23.6 in wide,

Collapsible mandrel enables full-barrel fiber placement
7/1/2005

FUBACOMP (Full Barrel Composite Fuselage), a European consortium, is developing technology that will enable automated fiber placement of a one-piece business jet fuselage. Advanced Composites Group Ltd. (ACG, Heanor, Derbyshire, U.K.) recently designed and built a 4.5m/14.6-ft long by 2m/6.5-ft diameter

Autoclavable foam core resists bucking and shortens production cycle on launch vehicle interstage
5/1/2005

The February 26 launch of the Multi-functional Transport Satellite-1 Replacement (MTSAT-1R) communications satellite in Japan was successfully accomplished by the H-IIA No. 7 launch vehicle, developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The H-IIA is Japan's heavy rocket, first launched in 2001. Many of

Composite big-rig sleeper boxes offer comforts of home
2/1/2005

Truckers are getting better sleep in their "homes away from home," thanks to composite sleeper boxes and cab floors manufactured by Canadian Commercial Vehicles (CCV, Kelowna, BC, Canada). Incorporated on Western Star (Willoughby, Ohio) semi-trailer trucks to decrease noise and weight and increase payload and

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