LORD Corporation in Dayton, Ohio was selected by Sikorsky Aircraft to help build two prototypes of the Sikorsky S-97 RAIDER helicopter. LORD will join a consortium of 35 companies and will manufacture elastomeric bearings and an Active Vibration Control System.
Marine: Anchored or Ready to Set Sail? For the first time in several years, the marine segment has better news to report in terms of customer demand and improving business results among boat fabricators. Boat making was one of the early success stories for composites proving itself a better performing and more cost-effective material, and...
We're almost ready for a new year filled with engineering innovation! this past year was bursting with success stories that massively impacted the industry and spurred trends towards composite integration in new markets. As we wave goodbye to 2011, here are some interesting developing technologies that the industry can look forward to in 2012.
George Tunis is the owner of Hardwire LLC, a composite ballistic armor manufacturer based in Pocomoke, Md. His first experience with composites was in the 8th grade making skate boards. Later, he built surfboards and worked with DuPont making boats, missiles and selling Kevlar. Hardwire LLC began primarily as a composite reinforcement for steel...
A new alliance between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of the Army (DOA) to promote the development of clean energy technologies has the potential to drastically benefit composites manufacturers.
As terrorists increasingly targeted airlines by planting bombs in passenger luggage, Jim Warren turned his attention to preventing catastrophic damage to planes. Warren and his research team in the University of Sheffield’s Department of Civil and Structural Engineering developed the Fly-Bag, a flexible container to hold passenger luggage. It features multiple layers of fabrics,...
The new unmanned vessel by Zyvex Technologies of Columbus, Ohio, named the Piranha, is not just another smooth boat ride on calm waters. When the 54-foot carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced carbon fiber boat underwent testing in Washington’s choppy Puget Sound, the boat didn’t experience a planing effect, which is where acceleration lifts the front...
Nick Baird is sales director of Permali Gloucester Ltd. of Gloucester, UK. He studied aeronautical engineering and initially worked as a design engineer on aircraft hydraulic and pneumatic systems. He joined Permali Gloucester as a sales manager responsible for aerospace products and later became sales director with overall responsibility for all markets which include...
For the better part of four years, Stanley McChrystal spent his Afghanistan nights under a camouflage comforter in a small plywood room. He worked in a building as big a house that was constructed out of the stuff in less than a month. Folks called it the Plywood Palace. McChrystal, a four-star general in the...
Gen. Stanley McChrystal will be a keynote speaker at Composites 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday, February 2. McChrystal is a retired Four-Star Army general and the former commander of U.S. and International Forces in Afghanistan. He'll discuss management strategy, with an emphasis on openess, teamwork and forward-thinking. He will also discuss the...
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