Composites Manufacturing Magazine January 8, 2018
This week during CES 2018 in Las Vegas attendees will have the opportunity to see a wide range of new innovations that feature composite materials. One of the most anticipated vehicles set to debut at the show is the Fisker 8220EMotion8221 8211 an electric vehicle with a body structure made of carbon fiber ...
Financial Times January 7, 2018
As with the synthetic retina materials produced by copying nature could have enhanced capabilities. This is because of the way nature combines the limited palate of resources it uses. While individually the components it uses may be weak they have tremendous resilience as a composite. One example is ...
Elko Daily Free Press January 6, 2018
Over 70 percent are used to make the composite material called GRP or glass-reinforced plastic an outcome of WWII. By combining polyester resin with glass fibers the two materials act together each overcoming the shortfalls of the other. Because glass fibers are very strong in tensile strength yet weak ...
eOntarioNow 1January 6, 2018
The Global Aluminum Composite Materials Market 2017 Industry Research Report is a professional and in-depth study on the current situation of the Aluminum Composite Materials industry. Firstly the Aluminum Composite Materials industry report presents a primary overview of the business including ...
Newsient (blog) 2January 5, 2018
Qyresearchreports include new market research report Global Composite Materials for Automotive Sales Market Report 2017 to its huge collection of research reports. The global Composite Materials for Automotive market is closely assessed in the publication using in-depth verifiable projections historical ...
satPRnews (press release) 1January 4, 2018
Medical composite materials are used in place of steel plastic and aluminum for the manufacture of customized and complex products like advanced orthopedic devices prosthetics and body implants. They are also used in dental applications such as restoration and filling of natural teeth. These materials ...
MIT News January 4, 2018
Compared to carbon fibers and ceramic fibers which are widely used in composite materials the new gel-electrospun polyethylene fibers have similar degrees of strength but are much tougher and have lower density. That means that pound for pound they outperform the standard materials by a wide ...
openPR (press release) January 4, 2018
Composites are materials made of two or more different chemically inert materials one being the bulk material and the other the phase. The resultant material possesses distinguished properties from the two parent materials. Medical composite materials are used in the place of plastic steel and aluminum ...
Business Wire (press release) 1January 4, 2018
According to Kshama Upadhyay a lead analyst at Technavio for textile fiber and composites research 8220Vendors compete based on factors such as economies of scale product innovations and abililty to recycle as the cost of raw materials is very high. Vendors are meeting the demand for advanced ...
MilTech January 3, 2018
Composites are materials made of two or more different chemically inert materials one being the bulk material and the other the phase. The resultant material possesses distinguished properties from the two parent materials. Medical composite materials are used in the place of plastic steel and aluminum ...
Edition Truth 2January 3, 2018
Composites are two or more materials with markedly different physical or chemical properties 8211 categorized as 8220matrix8221 or 8220reinforcement8221 8211 combined in a way that they act in concert yet remain separate and distinct at some level because they don39t fully merge or dissolve into one another. Carbon fibers ...
Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine January 2, 2018
Composites were developed specifically to contend with corrosion. In general terms a composite combines two or more materials a high-strength reinforcement in fibrous form incorporated into and bonded by a matrix usually a thermosetting polymer. The most common strength component is glass.
Composites Manufacturing Magazine 1January 2, 2018
In the NovemberDecember 2017 issue of Composites Manufacturing we focused on choices and considerations in building glass fiber reinforced molds. In this follow-up column we will discuss actual mold building best practices for mold maintenance and materials and technological innovations.
Interesting Engineering 1January 2, 2018
We39ve all been there. Your smartphone is on its very last legs with perhaps 5 battery life left. There39s no power outlet in sight and the only thing that will get you to one is your phone39s navigation system which is about to mercilessly flicker away. While this reality can be highly obnoxious for pretty much ...
Composites Manufacturing Magazine 1January 2, 2018
From professionals to hobbyists skiers all over the world optimize performance on the snow with composite equipment. When you tune in to watch the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang South Korea you will see many athletes pushing their limits on skis made with composite materials.
The Dominion Post 1December 30, 2017
MORGANTOWN 8212 An innovative solution that extends the life of aging dams that was created tested and implemented in conjunction with researchers at WVU has received top honors at a national composites conference. The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo presented its Combined Strength ...
The Aviationist (blog) 1December 29, 2017
There are many reasons composite materials or materials made up of a combination of advanced materials including metals polymers plastics and carbon atoms at the most elemental level have become so common in aviation engineering. Two of the chief reasons are illustrated in this video.
Edition Truth 1December 29, 2017
The unmanned composite materials market can be divided on the basis of composite materials used into the following sectors carbon fiber reinforced plastics CFRP glass fiber reinforced plastics GFRP boron fiber reinforced plastics BFRP and aramid fiber reinforced plastics AFRP. CFRP is the ...
MilTech December 28, 2017
Wind Turbine Composite Materials Market report provides the up-to-date industry data and industry future trends allowing you to recognize the products and end users driving Revenue growth and profitability. Wind Turbine Composite Materials market report also delivers lists of the leading competitors and ...
Modern Machine Shop 1December 28, 2017
Engineers from the company demonstrated improved production processes for several current warfighter PMC components current warfighters are about 35 percent composite materials. The improved processes utilized in-place machining equipment obtained greatly improved part quality and surface finish reduced ...
CompositesWorld December 28, 2017
When the opportunity arises I like to ask those familiar with composites testing this question What type of mechanical test do they consider to be the most important for composite materials After listening to responses I follow up by asking people what they think is the primary purpose for performing the test ...