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Don't wait until the new year to resolve to up your composites game💪 Start now with a CW on-demand webinar. Browse here: https://lnkd.in/gc7aAZfw Not only are they ready for you now, they're free! Thank you to the expert presenters who led these webinars in 2024. 👏

Are you familiar with the BRYSON project (BauRaumeffiziente Hydrogen Speicher Optimierter Nutzbarkeit or “space-efficient hydrogen storage with optimized usability”)? The goal of the project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy was to develop new Type 4 H2 storage tanks that could fit into the same space as a battery for electric vehicles (EV). It also explored automated manufacturing and low permeability concepts, including EVOH liner and novel PPA matrix. Ginger Gardiner shares more on the BRYSON project here: https://lnkd.in/gWWp7Ner

Braided glass fiber, mobility and big picture reflections — here are the most read articles written by CW editor-in-chief Scott Francis in 2024: Plant tour: Teijin Carbon America Inc., Greenwood, S.C., U.S. ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gKg6SyYP Revisiting the OceanGate Titan disaster ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gjYpqREf Co-molding SMC with braided glass fiber demonstrates truck bed potential ↘️ https://lnkd.in/g2F9wrek Achieving composites innovation through collaboration ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gj5GHvGA JEC World 2024 highlights: Forwarding initiatives surrounding sustainability and mobility ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gEZr_fJB 🔸 Browse all articles written by Scott at https://lnkd.in/gQ7_qqNj 🔸

Bonded composite patch repair offers a “cold” technique. However, few bonded repairs to steel structures have been qualified by classification societies. Bureau Veritas Group and partners set out in 2019 to develop such a methodology for the design and evaluation of bonded composite repairs to steel structures using a novel equivalent interface test specimen and simulation. More about this on CompositesWorld: https://lnkd.in/gYs7U_gr 👆 #composites #bondedrepair

For years, Rapid Prototyping, which is owned by Foarboc Ltd., had been manufacturing molds from CNC-machined polyurethane foam and hand-laid glass fiber-reinforced plastic (GFRP). In 2020, the company, led by Gyorgy Juhasz, was one of the first customers to acquire a standalone pellet extruder from LFAM supplier CEAD Group. Now Rapid Prototyping uses 3D printing to produce faster, higher quality, recyclable foam plugs and composite boat molds. Hannah Mason tells more here: https://lnkd.in/gdqkj6Xi 👆 #sustainability #composites #LFAM #3Dprinting #boats #yachts

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Sustainability, 3D printing, automotive — here are the most viewed articles written by CW technical editor Hannah Mason in 2024: Carbon fiber, bionic design achieve peak performance in race-ready production vehicle ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gfv3V_N7 Plant tour: Airbus, Illescas, Spain ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gahpPhbw Reinforcing hollow, 3D printed parts with continuous fiber composites ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gAQCpbzz JEC World 2024 highlights: Glass fiber recycling, biocomposites and more ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gSzAFzYH Life cycle assessment in the composites industry ↘️ https://lnkd.in/ghw3pKfs 🔸 Browse all articles written by Hannah at https://lnkd.in/gx7_35Cf 🔸

Aerospace, biomaterials, heat treatment — here are the top articles written by CW senior managing editor Grace Nehls in 2024: An outlook on China’s carbon fiber market ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gN-JicyW Composites reinvent aerospace, AAM and space ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gZrtFubC Biomaterials make strides toward composites sustainability ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gWju8r-r Post Cure: Natural mineral fiber biocomposite via AFP enhances implant integration ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gGaeKye9 Post Cure: High-temperature CFC fixtures, racking systems for precise, efficient heat treatment ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gfsScWgb 🔸 Browse all articles written by Grace at https://lnkd.in/guFaBrFk 🔸

Thermoplastics, AFP, novel processes — here are the most viewed articles written by CW senior technical editor Ginger Gardiner in 2024: Combining multifunctional thermoplastic composites, additive manufacturing for next-gen airframe structures ↘️ https://lnkd.in/g8vzihcM The next evolution in AFP ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gH9zMj2f Active core molding: A new way to make composite parts ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gne5RKah Plant tour: Aernnova Composites, Toledo and Illescas, Spain ↘️ https://lnkd.in/gw6UqYXp JEC World 2024 highlights: Thermoplastic composites, CMC and novel processes ↘️ https://lnkd.in/g8urxhvP 🔸 Browse all articles by Ginger at: https://lnkd.in/ghpi5ung 🔸

The Gardner Business Index (GBI) measures the current state of composites industry activity through survey responses covering new orders, production, backlog, employment, exports and supplier deliveries. In November 2024, the composites market showed signs of stabilizing as future outlook brightens. Read the full GBI analysis by Gardner Intelligence here: https://lnkd.in/gap5Hid6 #composites