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Golf clubs, tennis rackets, hockey sticks and bicycles benefit from the high strength and light weight qualities of composites — particularly carbon fiber composites. Filament winding is the dominant manufacturing process in this market.
Automating swimming pool production
Small producer ramps up productivity with "entry level" robotics.
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GRC Fiberglass Coatings (Santa Rosa, Calif.) rehabilitates aging swimming pools in the U.S. and Canada using a fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) approach first developed for steel and concrete corrosion protection in African gold refineries.
Award-winning urban bicycle frame made from toughened prepreg 3/1/2013 Composites TechnologyUber design house UBC GmbH (Murr, Germany) puts its accumulated Formula 1 racing and automotive expertise to good use, designing a completely new composite urban bicycle concept.
An impec-able bike frame: Handmade by machine 12/31/2012 Composites TechnologyLong on technology firsts, this optimized, automated manufacturing process produces nothing short of the “perfect” bike frame.
Bi-angle fabrics find first commercial application 12/31/2012 Composites TechnologyBicycle manufacturer sees dramatic productivity gains using unbalanced fabrics conceived at Stanford University and manufactured by Chomarat.
Composites as costume: Manga masterpieces 8/1/2012 Composites TechnologySophisticated design meets composite materials and manufacturing in cosplay application.
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