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CirculinQ: Glass fiber, recycled plastic turn paving into climate solutions

Durable, modular paving system from recycled composite filters, collects, infiltrates stormwater to reduce flooding and recharge local aquifers.

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Plant Tours

Plant tour: Arris Composites, Berkeley, Calif., U.S.

The creator of Additive Molding is leveraging automation and thermoplastics to provide high-volume, high-quality, sustainable composites manufacturing services.

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Celebrating 30 years of CompositesWorld, Part 1

CW explores key composite developments that have shaped how we see and think about the industry today.

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Work In Progress

Modular, robotic cells enable high-rate RTM using any material format

Airborne’s automated ply placement systems at Airbus, GKN Aerospace and Teijin Automotive Technologies aim to maximize flexibility and intelligent automation.

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VIDEO: Demonstrating Large-Format Additive Manufacturing

Francesco De Stefano, Co-Founder & CEO of Caracol AM presented their revolutionary Heron AM system at JEC 2023. Designed with versatility in mind, this system offers a range of printhead sizes, ensuring precise and customizable printing options. This project exemplifies their commitment to innovation and eco-friendly manufacturing practices.

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Aerospace

Hybrid process marries continuous, discontinuous composites design

9T Labs and Purdue applied Additive Fusion Technology to engineer a performance- and cost-competitive aircraft bin pin bracket made from compression-molded continuous and discontinuous CFRTP.  

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Epoxies

Bio-based epoxy, recycled materials increase sustainability of all-terrain snowboards

Aiming for a smaller environmental footprint while maintaining high performance, Salomon’s Highpath snowboard line incorporates bio-based epoxy, glass and basalt fiber stringers and recycled materials.

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Economics

Composites industry GBI contracted faster in July

The GBI: Composites maintains its consistent downward trend for the fifth month in a row.

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Out of Autoclave

VIDEO: One-Piece, OOA Infusion for Aerospace Composites

Tier-1 aerostructures manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems developed an out-of-autoclave (OOA), one-shot resin infusion process to reduce weight, labor and fasteners for a multi-spar aircraft torque box. 

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Episode 41: Chase Hogoboom, T.J. Perrotti, Composite Energy Technologies Inc.

Chase Hogoboom (president) and TJ Perrotti (senior Naval architect and chief design engineer), CET Photo Credit: Composite Energy Technologies Inc.

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VIDEO: Sicomin Showcases Additons to Bio-Based Range of GreenPoxy Resins

At JEC 2023, Sicomin Export Manager, Marc Denjean, took the time to speak with CW about Sicomin's various epoxy resins and their applications. Specifically, Sicomin presented examples at the show of their new bio-based range of GreenPoxy Resins.

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Editorial

Celebrating National Composites Week

August 21-25, 2023 is National Composites Week. This year’s theme is “Composites Are Now,” recognizing the ways composites are shaping the world today.

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