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.
Enjoy your reading!
Contents
Season’s greetings!
“Europe, Asia and …America The global economy is currently undergoing a clear upturn, with significant growth in a number of regions. In countries with more mature economies, infrastructures and...
N°159 - november 2024
N°158 - september 2024
N°157 - july 2024
N°156 - may 2024
N°155 - march 2024
N°154 - january 2024
N°153 - november 2023
N°152 - september 2023
N°151 - june 2023
N°150 - april 2023
N°149 - january 2023
N°148 - november 2022
N°147 - september 2022
N°146 - june 2022
N°145 - april 2022
N°144 - january 2022
N°149 - january 2022
N°143 - november 2021
N°142 - september 2021
N°141 - july 2021
N°140 - may 2021
N°139 - march 2021
N°138 - january 2021
N°137 - november 2020
N°136 - september 2020
N°135 - july 2020
N°134 - may 2020
N°133 - march 2020
N°132 - january 2020
N°131 - november 2019
N°130 - september 2019
N°129 - july 2019
N°128 - may 2019
N°127 - march 2019
N°126 - january 2019
N°125 - november 2018
N°124 - october 2018
N°123 - august 2018
N°122 - july 2018
N°121 - may 2018
N°120 - april 2018
N°119 - march 2018
N°118 - january 2018
N°117 - november 2017
N°116 - october 2017
N°115 - august 2017
N°114 - july 2017
N°113 - june 2017
N°112 - april 2017
N°111 - march 2017
N°110 - january 2017
N°109 - november 2016
N°108 - october 2016
N°107 - august 2016
N°106 - july 2016
N°105 - june 2016
N°104 - april 2016
N°103 - march 2016
N°102 - january 2016
N°101 - november 2015
N°100 - october 2015
N°99 - september 2015
N°98 - july 2015
N°97 - may 2015
N°96 - april 2015
N°95 - march 2015
N°94 - january 2015
N°93 - december 2014
N°92 - october 2014
N°91 - august 2014
N°90 - june 2014
N°89 - may 2014
N°88 - april 2014
N°87 - march 2014
N°86 - january 2014
N°85 - november 2013
N°84 - october 2013
N°83 - august 2013
N°82 - july 2013
N°81 - may 2013
N°80 - april 2013
N°79 - march 2013
N°78 - january 2013
N°77 - december 2012
N°76 - october 2012
N°75 - august 2012
N°74 - july 2012
N°73 - june 2012
N°72 - april 2012
N°71 - march 2012
N°70 - january 2012
N°69 - november 2011
N°68 - october 2011
N°67 - august 2011
N°66 - july 2011
N°65 - may 2011
N°64 - april 2011
N°63 - march 2011
N°61 - november 2010
N°60 - october 2010
N°59 - august 2010
N°58 - june 2010
N°57 - may 2010
N°56 - april 2010
N°55 - february 2010
N°54 - january 2010
N°53 - november 2009
N°52 - october 2009
N°51 - september 2009
N°50 - july 2009
N°49 - june 2009
N°48 - may 2009
N°47 - march 2009
N°46 - january 2009
EDITOR'S
Season’s greetings!
“Europe, Asia and …America The global economy is currently undergoing a clear upturn, with significant growth in a number of regions. In countries with more mature economies, infrastructures and...
POINT OF VIEW: SOLUTIONS FOR ALL AIRCRAFTS
Daher invests in composites
The Daher Group is developing strongly in the aerospace business, and by the same token in the world of composites. The company, that covers practically the entire spectrum of aerostructures, develops...
COMPANIES & BUSINESS
Guangwei Composites, from a finished product to a semi-finished one
Like salmon, Weihai Guangwei Composites swims against the current. The company is undoubtedly the world’s leading fishing-rod manufacturer, but has also made a name for itself in China and abroad as a...
Composites Technology Park: nurturing green composites
Located in the outskirts of Bangalore, the Composites Technology Park has an impact that extends well beyond the Indian state of Karnataka. More than fifty licensed companies in India have benefited...
Mincham Aviation, a specialist with the ambition to match
Mincham Aviation can truly be described as enterprising; just like its founder and former Air Force officer, Darryl Mincham. Since 1996, Mincham Aviation has catered for the aircraft and defence...
APPLICATIONS
From imagination to reality
While we often see flying cars in movies and comic strips, these have never been anything to take seriously in the aviation industry – until recently, that is. When civil prototypes are actually...
The Terrafugia Transition
The Transition® can take off or land at any public-use general aviation airport with at least 2,500 m of runway. This represents a majority of the over 5,000 public airports in the United States. On...
New carbon fibre composite component for deep-sea use
Automated Dynamics has developed a high-performance carbon fibre composite hydraulic pump with Cameron, a leading provider of flow equipment products, systems and services to worldwide oil, gas and...
Technology ready for gaming
While most major UAV developments have come about to serve military or security purposes, these vehicles have also found many civilian applications in detection and imaging. Parrot’s AR.Drone now...
MARKET
The natural gas vehicle market
Figures for the natural gas vehicle market indicate that, by the end of 2009, there were approximately 11.2 million natural gas vehicles on the world's roads and over 16,500 natural gas fuelling...
R&D Manager: inside innovation
Accessible to experienced engineers, the R&D Manager function allows its incumbent to be at the very heart of new product design. Let us get acquainted with one such incumbent, herself involved in...
An historical overview of the Para-aramid fibres for composites
Over the last 20 years, the uses of Para-aramid high modulus fibre have declined and in somes cases stopped, due to technical performance limitations, and due to the emergence of high performance...
FEATURE AUTOMATION
Automated filament-winding process for pole production
Utility poles soaring upward 27, 30 and 33 metres in the air in some of the most windtorn regions of the world feature impressive strengthto-weight ratios, thanks to a proprietary filament-winding...
Multiple-use robots for composite part manufacturing
For a long time, the composite sector lagged behind in robotics, but its efforts are finally paying off. The use of robotics is a reality, and even growing rapidly in high-tech segments such as...
Compact, flexible extruder for newcomers to wood-plastic composites
At the 7th AMI Wood Plastic Composites Conference, which was held last April in Vienna for 180 participants from 30 different countries, battenfeld-cincinnati demonstrated its brand-new fiberexK72...
Robotic unit for the automated production of composite components
At the October 21st opening ceremony of the CFK Nord composites research centre in Stade Göppingen, Germany, the spotlight was on GroFI, a robotic composite processing system. GroFI is a joint...
Thermoforming and injection moulding in a single mould
Georg Kaufmann Formenbau AG, Busslingen, Switzerland, has just launched a combined thermoforming and injection mould. KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH demonstrated this “organo sheet mould” in fully...
Robotics and non-destructive testing
Due to increasingly strict quality standards in all industrial sectors for both production and maintenance, non-destructive testing must be used along with C-scan mapping. The flaws detected can then...
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Highly integrated structure manufactured in one-shot with prepreg UD tape
This paper presents a production sequence for a demonstrator of the main landing gear bay for a single-aisle aircraft. The sequence uses efficient, highly automated sequential processes that include...
Multiscale hybrid carbon reinforcement for polymeric-matrix composites
The role of reinforcements and their interface with the matrix is known to be crucial in determining the performance of a polymeric composite material. The mechanical properties of composites can be...
New thermoresistant nano-filled glue for composites
A new approach for enhancing joint properties by simultaneously integrating micro- and nanosized fillers into an epoxy-silicon-organic glue formulation has been proposed. It was shown that the...
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATIONS
Fibre composites, those magical materials
Fibre composites seem to be magical materials, with so many good properties yet to be achieved. However, many people say they are “black magic” materials with too many unwanted behaviours. So what is...
Designing a lighter, cleaner aircraft: EADS pushes the composite envelope
In 2001, the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe (ACARE) published a report that looked at air travel 20 years into the future. The report – European Aeronautics: A Vision for 2020 –...
New polyester prepreg for composite radome and antenna applications
Lewcott Corporation recently introduced the FM5LF polyester resin system for tubular radome applications. The system is currently used in high-performance antennae and radomes for a number of military...
A new ultra-lightweight sandwich structure for the cars of tomorrow
The electric car was one of the featured attractions at this year's Paris Motor Show. Launched to coincide with the show, the new inrekor technology for car chassis manufacturing could play a crucial...
Multifunctional processing additive for LS SMC/BMC
To obtain perfectly moulded parts, it is important to control the whole production process. Thus modern processing additives such as BYK®-P 9065 do not only meet partial requirements but influence the...
Angeloni's Dynanotex technology
The Dynanotex technology has been developed and patented by G. Angeloni. The system received an Italian Innovation Award and hit the market in early 2008. Dynanotex is a patented tow spreading system...
Polystrand introduces a “green series” of reinforcements
Polystrand is releasing a “green series” of reinforcing tape that reduces the environmental footprint of input material for reinforced thermoplastic processors. Available in unidirectional, bi-ply and...
High-performance fillers for composites
High-performance fillers play a prominent role in the production of thermosetting plastics. The high demands of the various thermosets, such as high strength and high degrees of thermal resistance,...
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