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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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Materials & Processes: Composites part design
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.
#weaving #layup #outofautoclave
Materials & Processes: Resin matrices for composites
The matrix binds the fiber reinforcement, gives the composite component its shape and determines its surface quality. A composite matrix may be a polymer, ceramic, metal or carbon. Here’s a guide to selection.
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Supply and demand: Advanced fibers
Demand for advanced fiber, virgin and reclaimed, is on an upswing after a dip during the recent recession. Fiber suppliers are gearing up to meet an expected increase in demand as manufacturers in a number of composites end-markets scale up or start up part development and production programs
#polyacrylonitrile #discontinuousfiber #f-35
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- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing Systems
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- 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
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(+) Primary manufacturing equipment
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- Impact-testing equipment
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- Other testing equipment
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- Resin content analyzers
- Rheological testing equipment
- Sensors, in-situ modifiers
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- 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
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- Patent filing
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- Product design
- Product liability
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- Structural strengthening / reinforcement services
- Surplus/salvage buyers
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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: Oil and gas (2021)
Composites continue to play a critical role in onshore hydraulic fracturing, and thermoplastic composites are on the rise for deepwater pipelines.
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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: 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.
#electronics #feature #sourcebook
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.
#feature #sourcebook #airbus
The markets: Aerospace (2021)
The coronavirus pandemic, a once-in-a-millennia global catastrophe, has depressed commercial air travel in unprecedented and disastrous ways. Implications start with the airlines themselves and trickle down to major airframers and the entire tier structure of the aerospace supply chain.
#boeing #nextgenaerospace #spiritaerosystems
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.
#discontinuousfiber #toyota #spreadtow