Sustainability – What Will It Take?
Kristin Hardin Graduate Research Assistant, University of Alabama at Birmingham Composites can help achieve sustainability goals in the automotive and aerospace industries through lightweighting, which...
Greater Strength in Certified Numbers
Fred Watson Business Development Manager, Composites/Applied Fluid Technologies Division, Graco Inc. At his previous position at North American Composites (NAC), Fred Watson set out to help the company...
Air Force Research Laboratory Revisits OOA/OOO
John RussellTechnical Director, Manufacturing and Industrial Technologies Division, Air Force Research Laboratory In the latest issue of Composites Manufacturing, we discussed the future of...
Fluorescent Dyes Highlight Hard-to-Detect Damages in Composites
Dr. Jeffrey W. GilmanResearch Polymer Chemist, NIST While metal structures will show dents or dings after impact, a composite structure may show no visible signs of damage, despite containing mild breakage...
Composite Hanging Gardens Push the Boundaries
Jason BroughPresident, JTI Companies, Inc. In the recently released September/October issue of Composites Manufacturing, our cover story highlighted a beautiful hanging gardens installation at the Pérez...
A Strong Future for Out-Of-Autoclave and Out-Of-Oven Manufacturing
Eric CasterlinePresident, HEATCON Composite Systems In the upcoming September/October issue of Composites Manufacturing, we discuss the future of Out-of-Autoclave (OOA) and Out-of-Oven (OOO) manufacturing...
