Zone: Fabric/Preform

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Fibers of all types are typically produced as single tows. Tows are then used to weave or a knit a variety of fabric types, including preforms. Preforms are three-dimensional fabric forms designed to conform to a specific shape to meet specific mechanical and structural requirements.


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Tackified Fabrics Ease RTM & Vacuum Infusion

The Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics (SGTF) Composites Group, Niagara Falls, N.Y., has launched a range of "put-in-place" reinforcing fabrics with a light coating of low-tack adhesive on one or both sides.
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PRSEUS preform for pressurized cabin walls 9/1/2011 Composites Technology

Over the next few years, NASA and The Boeing Co. (Chicago, Ill.) will build larger and more elaborate pressurized passenger cabin structures for future blended-wing airliners.

Improving laminates through anisotropy and homogenization 9/1/2011 Composites Technology

Dr. Stephen Tsai, professor research emeritus in the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics at Stanford University, discusses the merits of unbalanced (anisotropic) layers in composite laminates.

2011 International Paris Air Show 9/1/2011 Composites Technology

At the 49th event, records are set for attendance and aircraft orders, and airframers go on record about composites-related developments.

Re-inventing the RHIB: Shock Mitigation 8/1/2011 Composites Technology

The U.S. Navy’s search for a lighter, load-absorbing rigid-hulled inflatable boat may end with this unconventional design.

3-D preforms: Fast, efficient blade-root manufacture 6/1/2011 Composites Technology

To expedite the blade root manufacturing process for wind turbine blade manufacturers, 3TEX Inc. (Cary, N.C.) has developed RapidRoot, a 3-D preform.

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