Sustainability
JEC World 2019 preview: Porcher Industries
Porcher Industries (Badinières, France), a specialist in technical textiles and thermoplastic composite solutions is emphasizing work it recently completed with Meggitt, a fabricator of high-performance components and sub-systems for the aerospace, defense and energy markets, to develop a new SATCOM radome.
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Building confidence in recycled carbon fiber
Recycled carbon fiber is proving, increasingly, to be a cost-effective, environmentally sustainable composite solution for automotive and other high-volume applications.
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U.S. states set gigawatt goals for offshore wind
Three different states plan for gigawatt grids, powered by wind turbines with >90-meter-long composite blades, to help combat climate change.
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SPE announces call for nominations for Automotive Innovation Awards
Award winners will be honored at the annual Automotive Innovation Awards Gala on Nov. 6, 2019.
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University of Houston researchers explore potential of silk fiber composites
A researcher at the University of Houston-Clear Lake is working to produce natural silk fiber composites with stronger resistance to impact than traditional glass and carbon fibers.
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JEC World 2019 Preview
The JEC World trade show and conference, the largest composites event in the world, will be held at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center, March 12-14, 2019.
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Composites recycling — no more excuses
Columnist Dale Brosius outlines six actionable levels of composites recycling that fabricators should follow.
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Measuring and improving fire resistance in composites
Sidebar to CW’s Feb 2019 feature article, this quick review of fire tests for composites also provides more details about intriguing new material developments.
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Boeing, Aerion partner on supersonic air travel
Boeing to provide engineering, manufacturing and flight test resources to bring Aerio’s AS2 supersonic business jet to market.
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Going discontinuous, for continuous improvement
The HiPerDiF (High Performance Discontinuous Fibre) project is exploring an alternate way of producing high-performance carbon fiber composites: start with discontinuous, rather than continuous fibers.
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