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Thermoplastic tubulars: Robust flexibility for offshore wells
9/7/2009

In the oil and gas industry, a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) system from Airborne Composite Tubulars (The Hague, The Netherlands) is providing a less-expensive alternative to the traditional “rig” for flushing subsea wellhead stacks and injecting glycol under pressure.

Resins for the Hot Zone, Part II: BMIs, CEs, benzoxazines and phthalonitriles
8/18/2009

Next-generation aerospace programs demand higher temperatures for structural and hot-section components, fostering advances in thermoset resin chemistry.

Resin systems update: The greening of thermosets
3/25/2009

 Thermoset resin formulators seek environmental benefits as customers demand reduced cost and increased performance.

One-piece molded truck body uses customized resin formulation
1/27/2009

When General Motors Corp. (Flint, Mich. ) opted to update its small Astro cargo van in 2007 concurrent with the introduction of new Colorado and Canyon light truck platforms, customers talked and GM listened.

The matrix
1/8/2009

The matrix matieral binds the fiber reinforcment and gives the composite component its shape and determines the quality of its surface. A matrix can be polymeric, ceramic or metallic. Polymer matrices are the most widely used for composites in commercial and high-performance aerospace applications.

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