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Part I: Materials & Processes
SourceBook 2021
Welcome to the online SourceBook, the counterpart to CompositesWorld's annually published print SourceBook composites industry buyer's guide.
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Fabrication methods
There are numerous methods for fabricating composite components. Selection of a method for a particular part, therefore, will depend on the materials, the part design and end-use or application. Here's a guide to selection.
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Composites for repair
Composites offer cost-effective means to repair, protect and/or strengthen structures made of steel, concrete or other materials.
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Composite part design criteria
Designers of composite parts can choose from a huge variety of fiber reinforcements and resin systems. That makes knowledge of how those materials work together a critically important aspect of part development. Here's a short description of what that knowledge entails.
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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
The markets: Automotive (2021)
Composites continue measured growth as the global automotive industry, driven by zero-emissions goals toward increased electrification, seeks to reduce vehicle weight and improve performance.
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Part II: A Multitude of Markets
The markets: Electronics (2021)
Consumer demand in the electronics market for greater durability and more features at lower cost and weight is driving OEMs toward composite solutions.
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The markets: Pressure vessels (2021)
Demand for composite pressure vessels for storage of natural gas and hydrogen is expected to increase substantially over the next decade as OEMs and governments look for ways to reduce vehicle emissions.
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The markets: Renewable energy (2021)
Wind energy continues to dominate in this segment and remains the world’s largest market for glass fiber-reinforced composites.
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The markets: Construction (2021)
The construction industry is an economy unto itself, and will be worth more than $15 trillion annually by 2030. More than 36 million new housing units will be required in the world’s 20 largest cities by 2025. Legacy materials dominate in this market, but the opportunities for composites are substantial, and growing.
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The markets: Fuel cells and batteries (2021)
Although fuel-cell powered vehicles could still be in the automotive future, growth will be measured and so will the market for composite components. Composites for electric vehicle battery packs and hydrogen tanks for fuel cell vehicles will be the more immediate opportunity.
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The markets: Industrial (2021)
Composites often must meet a certain aesthetic in applications where the consumer is the end user. But fiber-reinforced materials are just as valuable in industrial applications where corrosion resistance, high strength and durability are the performance drivers.
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