Jeff Sloan

Jeff Sloan Brand Vice President, CompositesWorld & Plastics Technology

Digital Demos

Next-generation automation for high-performance composites fabrication

Cevotec’s Fiber Patch Placement technology uses robot-based systems to automate material layup for complex composite parts and structures, saving 20-60% in production time and costs.

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Digital Demos

Bladder and caul solutions for trapped & complex composites fabrication

Smart Tooling reviews the function and application of its shape memory polymer tooling bladder and caul solutions for the efficient and cost-effective manufacture of trapped and complex geometry composite parts and structures.

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Editorial

Home building with composites

There’s a house being built next door. It could be using more composites.

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Feature

Update: Lower wing skin, Wing of Tomorrow

Airbus is evaluating several advanced composites technologies as part of its Wing of Tomorrow program. Among these is liquid resin infusion of the lower wing skin, being developed by Spirit AeroSystems.

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Weaving

National Composites Week: Why are composites essential?

On the last day of the 2020 National Composites Week, composites professionals tell us why they think composites are essential. A million thanks to everyone who participated.

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Pressure Vessels

Reimagining wind blade design

Wind turbine blade architecture is so well established that it’s difficult to imagine there might be a better alternative. ACT Blade’s skeleton-based design is a step in that direction.

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Trends

CW's Carbon Fiber conference goes digital for 2020

The 2020 iteration of the annual Carbon Fiber conference, originally scheduled to take place in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., will be presented entirely digitally, online. The digital version of the conference, called Carbon Fiber NOW, will be presented Nov. 17-19.

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Join CW to celebrate National Composites Week.

National Composites Week, August 24-28, is your chance to celebrate the importance of composite materials and manufacturing. This year’s theme: Composites Are Essential.

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AZL Aachen webinar: Tape integration into injection molding

AZL Aachen is hosting the third webinar in its Lightweight TechTalk series, titled, “Tape Integration Into Injection Molded Parts,” on Thursday, Aug. 13, 5:00 am-6:20 am EDT (11:00 am-12:20 pm CET).  

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ATL/AFP

Webinar presentation: Next-Generation Composites Materials and Processes (July 2020)

CompositesWorld hosted on July 28, 2020, a webinar titled, “Next-Generation Composite Materials and Processes.” If you missed the live webinar, you can watch the recording or download a PDF of the presentation.

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Aerospace

Aerion Supersonic, Spirit AeroSystems expand composites agreement

Spirit will expand its work on the composite forward, pressurized fuselage for the AS2 supersonic business jet, leading to full-rate production in 2023.

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Editorial

Corvette, yesterday and today

The Corvette has changed much in 67 years, but its appeal is enduring.

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Composite Raw Materials
CAMX 2024
prepeg and slit tape products
NPE 2024
VersaMix® Two Component Dispensing System
NPE 2024