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Composite Materials Provide Lightweight Durability for Wiper Components in Autonomous EV

In order to meet European regulations, Local Motors was required to make adjustments to its Olli 2.0 autonomous vehicle, including additional components in windshield wipers and parts. The Local...

Doors of Clean Sky 2 Program RACER Rotorcraft Built of Carbon Fiber

The RACER (Rapid and Cost-Effective Rotorcraft) combines the speed of a fixed-wing aircraft with the vertical advantages of a helicopter. Developed as a project of the European Union’s Clean Sky program,...

Finishing Touches

Structural engineers and process managers tend to focus on materials, infusion, bonding and assembly when they discuss the manufacture of giant wind turbine blades. “But the reality is that only represents...

Refrigerated Boxcar Benefits from FRP Floor

When the team at Dallas-based TrinityRail was pitched the idea of applying a weight-saving composite solution to its railcars, the first question was where to start. “We investigated four to six...

GFRP Graphene Pools Debut Down Under

Australia’s Aquatic Leisure Technologies (ALT) recently introduced the world’s first commercial range of graphene enhanced GFRP swimming pools. Graphene Nano-Tech pools, which the company says are lighter,...

Composite Bridge Breaks New Ground

With the successful installation of a composite arch highway bridge near Duvall, Wash. – the first of its kind on the West Coast – the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has gained a...