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
3 in 1 – Unity is strength
“JEC Americas will open its doors next 13-15 May in Atlanta, co-located with Techtextil and Texprocess. The synergy between these three powerful brands results in a unique platform where raw materials...
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°149 - january 2022
N°144 - 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°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°62 - january 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
ÉDITO
3 in 1 – Unity is strength
“JEC Americas will open its doors next 13-15 May in Atlanta, co-located with Techtextil and Texprocess. The synergy between these three powerful brands results in a unique platform where raw materials...
POINT OF VIEW: GREENER SOLUTIONS
Procotex, a provider of environment-friendly fibres
Masters in flax, recycled natural, synthetic and technical fibres. This is how Procotex Corporation defines itself. The Belgium-headquartered company can deliver a wide range of environment-friendly...
AGENDA OF EVENTS
in partnership with 2014
May 3 in 1 – Unity is strength Spring Edition May 13-15, 2014, Atlanta, USA www.jeccomposites.com JEC Conferences: I.C.S. Americas Spring 2014 May 13-15 Atlanta, USA www.jeccomposites.com May 13-15,...
APPLICATIONS
Grow your own tractor
Canadian and global manufacturers in the automotive, construction, aerospace, agricultural machinery and other sectors are generating a growing market pull for composite materials that can be used to...
GRP composites extend fire protection time
Intertec has developed fire shelters made of high-performance composite materials that keep the contained equipment below its maximum permissible operating temperature for a defined period of time...
MARKET
Many growth drivers for carbon fibre
Carbon fibres have never been so popular. Aerospace comes to mind first, of course, but there are promising volumes in the making for the automotive market in particular, and also for wind energy and...
Overview of the US composites industry: The new JEC study
The US is a key geography for the global composites industry as it represents around third of its ( 32 % in value and 28 % in volume). The United States accounts for about a third of the global...
SPECIAL JEC AMERICAS - SPRING EDITION 2014
Gain insight into the JEC 2014 l.C.S. Americas programme ⏵May 13 - 8:30 am / 11:30 am
● Advancements in composite matrices Chairman Mark Dsouza, R&D Head of Department, TSE Industries ⏵Polymer additives for composites, Willard McLean, Sales Manager, Kraton Polymers LLC ⏵MTI® Valve -...
JEC Innovation Awards Program 2014: lnnovation awards winners
10 companies and their partners will receive awards at the inaugural JEC Americas Composites Show and Conferences at the Gerogia World Congress Center, May 13-15, 2014. Construction A new non-...
Opportunities with C-Ply
The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics of Stanford University is conducting an extensive programme to test many new parameters involved in laminate design. The results indicate that new...
Experimental measurement of C-Ply lamination parameters
The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics of Stanford University is conducting an extensive programme to test many new parameters involved in laminate design. The results indicate that new...
Utilization of digital image correlation to improve and reduce material testing
Design and testing of composite structures is costly and difficult. Methods to increase accuracy to reduce testing programs are increasing with utilization of improved technology. Digital image...
Using trace to scale the properties of composite materials
The traditional use of composites for laminates and components is based on unidirectional tape stacking. Generating an allowable design has become a huge undertaking; several knockdown factors such as...
Optimization of composite beams using the Profile Rank method
Conventional optimization methods for composite structures often in-volve issues such as local minima, slow convergence (in some cases, no convergence at all), etc. A bigger issue is that the optimal...
Reducing the number of OHT tests: observations on strain to failure of composite laminates
The complexity of damage progression and failure of composite materials has prompted the conventional approach – widely adopted in industry – of performing huge numbers of coupon-level tests. This...
LamRank, a laminate design tool
When laminate design is dictated by weight and cost reduction, non-traditional lay-ups may be the answer. Designers must be able to select the lay-up that will produce the best laminate properties for...
Effects of water absorption on time-temperature dependent strength of unidirectional CFRP
Static strengths for four typical directions of unidirectional CFRP were measured under various temperatures at a single loading rate for dry and wet conditions. The four directions were,...
Designing for damage tolerance
Few in the aerospace community will doubt the severity of barely visible impact damage (BVID) and the constraints it places on the fuel efficiency of the current generation of aircraft. However, the...
VX Aerospace’s VX-1 KittyHawk™
VX Aerospace Corporation of Morganton, NC, USA, is developing a new aircraft. Called the VX-1 KittyHawk, this design blends the past with new materials and methods to obtain performance advantages in...
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Multiscale thermomechanical modelling of closed-cell materials
Requirements for lighter-weight structures and material savings are driving a search for multifunctional materials with optimized mechanical, thermal and acoustic properties. The design of the...
Correction of manufacturing induced distortions of automotive composite parts with simulation
One of the biggest challenges for designers and manufacturers of composites-parts nowadays is to ensure that designed parts can be produced within tolerance that will cause no issue at the assembly...
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
Under pressure: testing energy plastics for oil & gas applications
The oil & gas sector is continuously evolving. No sooner has a new material or application been innovated than the majors wish to build on the technology to better exploit previously inaccessible...
Resin cure monitoring by means of dielectric analysis (DEA)
Production technologies for thermosetting resin-based composites are strongly driven by the need to reduce the cycle times of out-of-autoclave processes such as RTM (Resin Transfer Moulding),...
Composite layup simulation is now a reality
Spring Technologies has a 30-year track record as a vendor of solutions that enable manufacturers to optimize ROI on their numerical control (CNC) machines, maximizing productivity and reducing costs....
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