High-Performance Composites

JAN 2013

High-Performance Composites is read by qualified composites industry professionals in the fields of continuous carbon fiber and other high-performance composites as well as the associated end-markets of aerospace, military, and automotive.

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table of contents featuRes coluMns 20 High-Performance composites for aircraft Interiors conference Review Colocated with the aircraft Interiors Expo americas, CompositesWorld���s interiors conference focused on ways to get more composites inside the aircraft. By Karen Wood 5 from the editor 20 HPC editor-in-chief jeff Sloan suggests we say goodbye to $5/lb carbon ���ber and expect that composites will earn their way onto autos by saving drivers money. 7 Market trends advanced materials analyst ross Kozarsky looks at composites and competing metals in the multimaterial car of the future. 26 10 testing tech Dr. Donald F. adams revisits the topic of global test standardization, suggesting a simple but unlikely ���x to the lack of harmonization. 26 a400M Wing assembly: challenge of Integrating composites 24 Work in Progress The Atlas military aircraft���s decade of development has lighted the path for airbus wing development on the a350 and future programs. HPC editor-in-chief jeff Sloan details recent testing that gauged the comparative ef���ciency of electric, oil-based and water-based mold temperature control systems. By jeff Sloan 32 an impec-cable bike frame: Handmade by Machine Long on technology ���rsts, this automated and optimized manufacturing process produces nothing short of the ���perfect��� bike frame By Ginger Gardiner DePaRtMents 32 12 39 40 42 44 45 45 news calendar applications new Products Marketplace showcase ad Index january volume: twenty-one number: one 2013 focus on DesIgn on tHe coveR 46 bi-angle fabrics find first commercial application Braid produced by a unique radial braiding technology, developed by August Herzog Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG (Oldenburg, Germany), enables the fabrication of bike frame tubes with varying cross-sections and seamless transitions between locally optimized ���ber patterns on the impec racing bike frame (see p. 32) developed by Bicycle Manufacturing Company (BMC, Grenchen, Switzerland). a California-based bicycle manufacturer sees dramatic productivity gains using unbalanced carbon ���ber fabrics developed under the leadership of Dr. Stephen Tsai. By Sara Black Source: BMC january 2013 | 1

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