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- Additive manufacturing/3D printing systems
- Adhesives
- Casting resins
- Catalysts, promoters and curing agents
- Coatings and sizings
- Compounds
- Core materials and flow media
- Fabrics, unimpregnated
- Fibers, inorganic
- Fibers, metallized
- Fibers, organic
- Fibers/fiber forms, natural (bio-derived)
- Fillers
- Gel coats
- Lightning strike materials (metal meshes, fabrics, etc.)
- Matrix materials, other
- Matrix resins, thermoplastic
- Matrix resins, thermoset
- Precursors, for carbon fiber
- Preforms, impregnated
- Preforms, unimpregnated
- Prepregs, thermoplastic
- Prepregs, thermoset
- Reinforcements, unimpregnated
- Resin additives & modifiers
(+) Primary manufacturing equipment
- Autoclaves
- Autoclaves, lab size
- Autoclaves, software and controls
- Automated fiber placement machines
- Automatic tape layers
- Bladder molding equipment (formerly pressure bag)
- Casting equipment
- Continuous laminating machines
- Electron beam accelerators
- Extruders
- Filament winding machines and software controls
- Flow-coating equipment
- Foam application equipment
- Impregnation lines
- LFRT compounding/molding machinery
- Metal matrix composite casting machines
- Other primary manufacturing equipment
- Polymer concrete machinery
- Preform manufacturing equipment
- Presses
- Pultrusion equipment, thermoplastics
- Pultrusion equipment, thermosets
- Reaction injection molding equipment (RIM, RRIM, SRIM)
- Resin transfer molding equipment (RTM)
- Roll-forming machines
- Roll-wrapping machines (not tables)
- Rotational molding equipment
- Spray booths
- Spray guns
- Used primary equipment
- Vacuum formers
- Vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding equipment (VARTM
(+) Auxiliary processing equipment, repair equipment, and supplies
(+) Fiber converting/prepreg manufacturing equipment
- Braiding equipment
- Coaters, knife-over-roll
- Coaters, reverse roll
- Coaters/laminators
- Impregnation lines
- Knitting equipment
- Looms for advanced fibers
- Metering/dispensing equipment
- Ovens, oxidation
- Preform manufacturing equipment
- Splicing devices
- Stitching equipment
- Tensioning equipment
- Used equipment
- Web measurement and control equipment
(+) Testing, gauging, monitoring, analytical equipment and software
- Chromatography
- Compression-after-impact testers
- Coordinate measurement machines
- Cure-monitoring equipment
- Environmental testing equipment
- Fatigue-testing equipment
- Flammability/smoke testers
- Flexural testers
- Flow meters
- Gel timers
- Hardness testers
- Hardness testers, Barcol
- Impact-testing equipment
- Leak-testing equipment
- Mechanical test fixtures
- Melt-flow indexers
- Modeling/simulation/virtual testing software
- Modulus testers
- NDI equipment
- Other testing equipment
- Pressure monitoring equipment
- Resin content analyzers
- Rheological testing equipment
- Sensors, in-situ modifiers
- Software for infusion flow analysis
- Surface analyzers
- Tack monitoring equipment
- Temperature monitoring equipment
- Tensile testers
- Thermal analysis instruments
- Thickness measuring equipment
- Universal test frames
- Viscosity measurement equipment
- Volatile monitoring equipment
- Weather testing equipment
(+) Composite Structures & Components
- Aerospace, aircraft interior
- Aerospace, flight control surfaces
- Aerospace, fuselage/wing
- Aerospace, radomes
- Armor, ceramic
- Armor, composite
- Automotive, body panels & substructures
- Automotive, interior (seats, IPCs, floor panels, etc.)
- Automotive, underhood
- Carbon/carbon composites
- Ceramic matrix composites
- CIPP (cured-in-place-pipe)
- Flywheels, composite
- Infrastructure, composite
- Laminate panels, with core
- Laminate sheets, solid
- Marine, boat (hulls, decks, bulkheads, etc.)
- Marine, docks/pilings
- Marine, other
- Metal matrix composites
- Other composite structures
- Pressure vessels
- Profiles
- Rebar
- Rods
- Tubes
- Wood plastic composite fencing, decking & railing
(+) Design, testing, consulting, other services
- Additive manufacturing/3D printing services
- Air pollution testing
- Architectural design
- CAD/CAM/CAE design
- Civil engineering
- Consulting
- Contract/toll compounding services
- Converting services
- Education/Training
- Expert witness
- Finite element modeling/analysis (FEM/FEA)
- Flame/smoke toxicity testing
- Inspection services
- Machine calibration services
- Market research
- Materials analysis
- Newsletters/directories
- Other services
- Patent filing
- Personnel recruitment
- Product design
- Product liability
- Recycling services
- Regulatory compliance
- Repair services, composites
- Repair services, equipment and machines
- Structural health monitoring equipment (turnkey systems
- Structural strengthening / reinforcement services
- Surplus/salvage buyers
- Testing
- Waste management
Part I: Materials & Processes
SourceBook 2020
Composites: Materials and processes
The matrix
The fiber
Supply and demand: Advanced fibers
Fiber reinforcement forms
Part design criteria
Fabrication methods
Tooling
Composites for repair
SourceBook 2020
Composites: Materials and processes
The matrix
The fiber
Supply and demand: Advanced fibers
Fiber reinforcement forms
Part design criteria
Fabrication methods
Tooling
Composites for repair
Part II: A Multitude of Markets
Composites 2020: A multitude of markets
The markets: Aerospace (2020)
The markets: Automotive (2020)
The markets: Boatbuilding and marine (2020)
The markets: Civil infrastructure (2020)
The markets: Construction (2020)
The markets: Industrial applications (2020)
The markets: Electronics (2020)
The markets: Fuels cells and batteries (2020)
The markets: Oil and gas (2020)
The markets: Pressure vessels (2020)
The markets: Renewable energy (2020)
The markets: Sports and recreation (2020)
The markets: Utility infrastructure (2020)
Composites 2020: A multitude of markets
The markets: Aerospace (2020)
The markets: Automotive (2020)
The markets: Boatbuilding and marine (2020)
The markets: Civil infrastructure (2020)
The markets: Construction (2020)
The markets: Industrial applications (2020)
The markets: Electronics (2020)
The markets: Fuels cells and batteries (2020)
The markets: Oil and gas (2020)
The markets: Pressure vessels (2020)
The markets: Renewable energy (2020)
The markets: Sports and recreation (2020)
The markets: Utility infrastructure (2020)
