Gel Coat Basics
Unsaturated polyester resins (UPR) were first developed in the late 1920s in the research group of Dr. Wallace Carothers at DuPont. In the late 1940s, coatings made from these resins were applied to molds to...
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...
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,...
