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
Blades and wings… for the environment
“Despite the current political and economic vicissitudes, the wind energy sector is continuing to develop at a sustained rate worldwide. We should not, however, underestimate the loss of momentum in...
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°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°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
Blades and wings… for the environment
“Despite the current political and economic vicissitudes, the wind energy sector is continuing to develop at a sustained rate worldwide. We should not, however, underestimate the loss of momentum in...
POINT OF VIEW: RECYCLING & SECOND LIFE
Recycling composites waste: a new way of valorisation
The Regional Center for Innovation and Technology Transfer Materials Poitou-Charentes (CRITT MPC) is a laboratory for studies, analysis, testing and expertise in specialized polymer materials,...
COMPANIES & BUSINESS
Manhole covers and frames from thermoset reinforced plastic pipe waste
Smithline Reinforced Composites was set up in the UAE in 2007. The company has four filament winding machines and manufactures approximately 7,500 tons of composites, pipes and fittings per year. It...
AGENDA OF EVENTS
in partnership with 2014
July Composites for rail infrastructure: HS2 industry show-case day July 14 London, UK www.compositesuk.co.uk Farnborough International Airshow July 14-20 Farnborough, UK www.farnborough.com August...
APPLICATIONS
Thermoplastic-based compound reinforced with carbon fibres for bicycle seatpost
Selle Italia worked in coope-ration with Xenia Materials to develop a carbon-fibre-reinforced thermoplastic compound for a seatpost with unmatched characteristics in terms of structural strength,...
Composites in civil engineering: bridge enclosures and edge profiles
Bridge enclosures and edge profiles are traditionally made in concrete or metal. Composites offer a promising alternative. Several composite profiles have been designed and produced for different...
MARKET
How fast does it set?
Even more than cost reduction, reducing the time of manufacture for composite parts is a key factor in getting composites to penetrate industrial sectors, notably the automotive sector. Manufacturers...
75% of German companies consider materials research to be essential
This review of the German industrial effort follows on from the article: «Germany: more than a resilient country» published in JEC Composites Magazine No.84 October 2013 (pp. 18 and 19). German...
Iceland’s value proposition for carbon fibres
Favourably priced electricity from renewable resources, and the stability ensured by long-term contracts, makes Iceland a top location for carbon fibre manufacturing according to a recent study by...
FEATURE WIND ENERGY
LM Wind Power to develop flexible blade concept
The supplier of wind turbine rotor blades announces the launch of an innovative research project to develop blades with flexible tip lengths that reduce the cost of energy by up to 10%. The four-year...
The world market for Small Wind Turbines continues to grow
As of the end of 2012, a cumulative total of at least 806,000 small wind turbines were installed all over the world. This is an increase of 10% compared with the previous year, when 730,000 units were...
New materials for various rotor blade manufacturing technologies
A new epoxy system and polyurethane resin are now available for rotor blade production by filament winding and pultrusion technologies. At the last JEC show, BASF presented two new materials that can...
Flax-based blades for a rooftop wind turbine
Composites Evolution’s Biotex Flax was used to manufacture natural fibre reinforced blades for a rooftop wind turbine at the University of Stuttgart. The blades were conceived, designed and...
RTM Skin, an innovative process in the wind energy sector
MVC, a specialist in production technologies for engineering plastic components, intends to increase its revenue in the wind power sector by 300% by 2015. This forecast is based on the strong growth...
Mapretec: a new production process for the wind energy sector
The usage of fibre-reinforced plastics is gaining in importance worldwide and is a continually growing market – for example in large components like wind turbine blades or aeroplane wings. However, it...
Co-creation in the wind energy market works!
DSM, 3B-the fibreglass company, Siemens Wind Power and DTU Wind Energy propose a new-to-the-world composite system for making wind turbine blades, featuring easy blade manufacturing, low weight, high...
First life cycle assessment of a French wind plant
Wind power is an emerging renewable energy widely developed in many countries. Although several analyses have been conducted on the environmental impact of renewable energies, only a few life cycle...
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Processability of novel co-blended resin systems in the vacuum infusion process
Southampton University is investigating the processability of novel co-blended resin systems in the vacuum infusion process to manufacture fire-retardant marine composites as part of a joint project...
New approaches to modifying the impact toughness of RTM components
Integrating thermoplastic laid scrims between the individual layers of carbon fibre fabrics can – with a suitable combination of materials – lead to a clear increase in impact resistance. Along with...
Damage modelling of composites: validation of an interlaminar damage model at the element level in an industrial application
In this paper, the LMS Samtech Samcef finite element code is used to assess the damage tolerance of composite structures. Delamination (ply separation), which is one of the most dangerous and...
TECHNOLOGIES & INNOVATIONS
Cost-effective SiC fibre enabling new CMC applications
The lack of availability of cost-effective, high-temperature ceramic fibre suitable for CMCs has limited applications to ultra-high performance areas where cost is no concern. ACM is introducing the...
Producing CFRP parts more than twice as fast using laser projectors for aerospace
LA Composite successfully achieved this ambitious goal using the Composite Pro laser projection system from LAP. With these high-power projectors, it is possible to save in two ways at once:...
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