N°47 - march 2009 - JEC Composites Magazine - JEC Composites Magazine Digital Edition

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JEC Composites Magazine is the point of contact of the international Composites Community, 6 times a year, with topics covering scientific information, business, technology, manufacturing, and application sectors trends.

In each and every issue, readers will learn about the entire composites industry value chain (from raw materials to application markets), and be inspired with current and future innovations.

The six sections of the magazine consist in:

NEWS: with interviews, articles about business development (M&As, appointments, partnerships and collaborations, awards etc.).
BUSINESS: with articles covering trends and markets, focusing on a specific country or region, with the composites market, or the application markets, or the companies strategies etc. in that country or region, and a startup focus.
MANUFACTURING: with articles about production processes and processing equipment.
FEATURE: an in-depth overview of a specific topic (typically an application sector), plus a JEC World Preview in April/May and Review in June/July.
SOLUTIONS: composites around us, with articles showing how composite materials are being used in applications which impact our everyday lives.
TECHNOLOGY: with articles about developments in materials, testing and control, repair, joining, design and simulation, recycling and reuse, R&D.

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Bayer MaterialScience has begun work on the construction of a new facility for the production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in Chempark Leverkusen, as unveiled on January 26, 2009. The new plant will...

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The Shanghai FRP Research Institute is an unusual organization. Originally designed as a technological R&D centre, it now not only develops products, but also manufactures and markets them. The...

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Over the past few years, Dürr’s Environmental and Energy Systems (EES) business unit has achieved considerable sales growth in the still relatively young chemical, pharmaceutical, and synthetic-fibre...

The Exoscan™ from A2 Technologies is a handheld, battery-operated FTIR analyzer designed to measure a wide variety of solid and liquid samples. In the composite industry, it can be used as a non-...

High-performance composites are in great demand in various sectors but their high cost is still a deterrent. Carbon composite experts from the SGL Group shares their viewpoint on issues such as...

Wind energy is a major source of clean, renewable energy that could be used to meet the needs of the world’s populations. If the demands of this booming market are to be satisfied, we need to develop...

The world is facing a major challenge with the need to reduce dependency on fossil fuels. For our own well-being and for the next generation, each and every one of us has to contribute to a...

Thermoset materials commonly used for producing fibre-reinforced plastics (FRP) are not easily recyclable and repairable. Existing concepts are mainly based on milling and burning. The Fraunhofer...

Swiss UAV has developed several particularly elegant Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). The initial designs were created by the company and then adapted to composite material requirements by a...

The transfer of skills is a major challenge for any company. In the composite industry, comprehensive know-how is needed to draw the maximum benefits from these materials. We asked a composite...

Cost issues dominate today's projects more than ever. Across all sectors, the final cost of a product is an increasingly important factor in its success. Even industries traditionally considered as...

In the production of fibre-reinforced plastics, process automation is the key to reducing the manufacturing costs of lightweight construction components. The development of the laser-assisted...

Coriolis Composites supplies fibre placement robots and software for the aerospace, wind power and all other industrial sectors. Coriolis Composites is today firmly established as a leading expert and...

JEC Composites Magazine: Business has really taken off again for you just lately. How do you account for this? CLEMENTINE GALLET: Our technology is tried and tested, six international patents testify...

Pushed by productivity concerns and ever stricter quality requirements, more and more companies are turning to tried and tested robotized solutions. Kuka is proposing two aeronautical applications...

Kuka Robot has received a key order from the aircraft industry. The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus SAS has placed a blanket order for the delivery of 41 omniMove platforms for assembly of the...

In recent years, the cost of both materials and labour have increased at a much faster rate than productivity innovation. This has been exacerbated by shortages of both mate-rial and skilled resources...

The use of carbon-fibre composites as a structural material for commercial airframes is increasing significantly. This material represents 50% by weight of the new Boeing 787 and 52% on the Airbus...

The traditional pultrusion process is restricted to the production of straight profiles. Turning round the traditional process proved to be the key to create any kind of curved profiles with a...

The JEC Group is acknowledging the importance of the German market for the composite sector by honouring Germany at the 2009 Show. Germany is definitely the country taking centre stage: No.1 foreign...

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Partnership network: Airbus Composite Technology (Germany) Name of product or process: Thermoplastic tape placement process for in situ consolidation. Description: The automated placement head can lay...

Partnership network: Trans-Textil GmbH (Germany), Gore (Germany), Saertex (Germany), Euro-composites SA (Luxembourg) Name of product or process: A400M cargo door Description: At roughly 7m x 4m, the...

Partnership network: IVW Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe (Germany), Bond Laminates GmbH (Germany), Jacob Composite GmbH (Germany), Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Production Systems...

Partnership network: Rossi Stamp (Italy), Bouvet & Lorillard (France), IDA Industrie Design Architecture (Italy) Name of product or process: Twintex-reinforced thermoplastic windows. New localized...

Partnership network: Fred Olsen Ltd (Norway), Gent University (Belgium), Spiromatic (Belgium) Name of product or process: Sea-wave energy converter designed to produce electricity. Description: The...

Partnership network: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (USA), A&P Technology (USA), Bayer Materials Science (USA), Mag Cincinnati Automation (USA), Toyota Engineering and Manufacturing...

Ad-YZF is a high-performance prepreg from Advanced International Multitech Co. (AD Group). The resin system can efficiently increase the heat-resistance properties of composite materials. AD’s epoxy...

Vistagy will be announcing FiberSIM® 5.5, the latest version of its composite engineering software. FiberSIM is integrated into commercial CAD systems and used for designing and manufacturing...

Airtech RTL is a lean clean room offering designed to reduce touch labour (RTL) and remove material waste (RMW) in the manufacturing process of composite parts. Airtech recognises that the cost of...

Mondi is an international paper and packaging group providing extrusion-coated, laminated, siliconized and printed solutions. Key operations are in Europe, Russia and South Africa. Mondi Technical...

Nikon Inc. just launched the D3X, a digital single-lens reflex camera dedicated to professional photographers, featuring extreme 24.5-megapixel resolution and superb low-noise capabilities. It excels...

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Saab Avitronics has developed a hand-held test apparatus for military operational environments using rapid manufacturing technologies such as the selective laser sintering technology and Windform®...

Ultrasound measurement technology provides the opportunity to monitor the compression moulding process of SMC (Sheet Moulding Compound) materials. This technology can be used to detect changes in the...

A binder is used in the manufacture of rigid preforms for resin infusion processing. It is applied to dry reinforcement fabric and becomes ‘tacky’ when heated, bonding adjacent layers of fabric...

Significant advances have been made in producing large numbers of parts simultaneously at high speed and with high accuracy by using a brand new MLS MicroLightSwitch® based exposure system. The system...

Glass fibre reinforced plastic components have been used in a wide variety of products from kitchen appliances and car hoods to tool handles and bridge components. As the demand for these types of...

JEC Composites Magazine

N°47 - march 2009

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Increasing opportunities for composites