table of contents
FEATuRES
COLuMNS
32 JEC Europe and SAMPE
Europe 2013 Preview
record attendance expected at world's
largest annual gathering of composites
industry professionals.
38 Class A CFRP Body
Panels: Six-Minute Cure
Gurit cBS-based laminate/process combo makes parts with twice the thermal
performance in one-sixth the time.
5 From the Editor
38
42
HPC's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan
marks the debut of the interactive
compositesWorld Blog and invites
readers to join the conversation.
6 Market Trends
m&a; adviser michael Del Pero
charts the likely course of m&a;
activities in the composites industry during 2013.
11 Testing Tech
Dr. Donald F. adams takes look at
flexural testing and promises
re-commendations, next time, for
a unified standard.
By Peggy malnati
42 Faster Cycle, Better
Surface: Out of the
Autoclave
34 Work in Progress
HPC's technical editor Sara Black
reports on a press molding technique that mimics autoclave consolidation without the high cost.
Gm is the first automaker to use class a
cFrP parts from new pressure press
technology.
By Peggy malnati
46 Market Outlook:
Surplus in Carbon
Fiber's Future?
Participants at cW's carbon Fiber 2012
conference see one coming as early as
2016.
By Jeff Sloan
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News
Calendar
Applications
New Products
Marketplace
Ad Index
Showcase
March
volume: twenty-one
number: two
2013
FOCuS ON DESIgN
ON ThE COVER
62 Space Mission
Maximized Via
Minimized Survivability
With the debut of its 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, General Motors Co. (Detroit,
Mich.) became the world's first automaker
to use Class A CFRP body panels produced
via a new "pressure-press" technology
invented by Plasan Carbon Composites
(Bennington, Vt.). Built specifically to mold
the Stingray's CFRP hood and roof, Plasan's
plant in Walker, Mich., is equipped with five
new "pressure presses" designed and built
by Tacoma, Wash.-based Globe Machine
Manufacturing Co. (see story on p. 42).
cFrP design and manufacturing flexibility prove key in the development of the
first spacecraft fuel tank that will disintegrate upon inevitable reentry to Earth's
atmosphere, reducing risks to life and
property on the ground.
By Ginger Gardiner
Source: General motors co./Photo: © General motors co.
march 2013
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