Article Published: 3/1/2013
Participants at CW’s Carbon Fiber 2012 Conference see one coming as early as 2016.
Faster cycle, better surface: Out of the autoclaveArticle Published: 3/1/2013
GM is first automaker to use Class A CFRP parts from new pressure-press technology.
A400M wing assembly: Challenge of integrating compositesArticle Published: 12/31/2012
The Atlas military transport’s decade of development has lighted the path for Airbus wing development on the A350 and future programs.
Kinetic sculpture made possible with carbon fiber compositesArticle Published: 12/31/2012
Halo, an unusual wind-activated kinetic sculpture is realized with the help of Gurit (Newport, Isle of Wight, U.K.) and molder Innovation Composites (South Nowra, New South Wales, Australia)
SPE ACCE 2012 ReviewArticle Published: 11/30/2012
Bursting at the seams, the 12th annual Society of Plastic Engineers Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition tops its previous bests.
Acoustical architecture: Making beautiful musicArticle Published: 11/2/2012
On the market for more than 40 years, composite musical instruments have advanced from a novelty to critical acclaim.
Material selection optimizes power-to-weight ratio for twin-masted catamaranArticle Published: 10/31/2012
Composites are the key when Pauger Carbon Composites (Budapest, Hungary) builds the Fifty-Fifty, a twin-mast catamaran, the design objective for which is the best possible power-to-weight ratio for high speed over long distances.
CompositesWorld Conferences 2012 previewArticle Published: 8/31/2012
CW joins forces with North American trade show organizers to produce two new colocated and coordinated trade show/conference offerings that complement CW’s premier event, Carbon Fiber 2012.
Next-generation pressure vesselsArticle Published: 7/2/2012
The first commercial tank in the elusive Type V category and a larger but lighter Type IV CNG tank presage new growth of filament winding in the storage of compressed gasses.
Out-of-autoclave prepreg enables concept sports carArticle Published: 7/1/2012
After nine years and an investment of more than $1 million (Aus), Autohorizon's (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) FR-1, a two-seat roadster concept car, hand built with carbon fiber composites, has made its debut.
