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Composites Key to Journey to Mars

For the past seven years, San Diego Composites Inc. (SDC) has been working with NASA on the Orion spacecraft, designed to bring humans further into deep space than ever before – even reaching Mars. The...
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Fast-cure Prepreg is Making Inroads

New capability opens the way for high-volume production. Facing higher Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards of 54.5 miles per gallon in the U.S. and 95g/km CO2 emissions limits in Europe,...
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A Primer on Glass Fiber Reinforcements

The Making of Glass Fiber Engineered minerals are melted in high-temperature, firebrick lined furnaces, refined to allow volatile materials to escape the “melt.” The melt flows out of the furnace...
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This Fiberglass Boat Folds Away in Seconds

A 12-foot fiberglass boat weighing just 121.25 lbs (55 kg) folds for transport in as little as 45 seconds, according to developers Cobra International and Quickboats. The boat, called a Quickboat, can be...