Sep 25 minWhere Will The Renewable Energy for Making Composites Come From?#composites, #sustainability, #renewableenergy, #geothermal, #windenergy, #solar I have talked about where the precursors for fibers and...
Feb 267 minThe World of Plants – Materials for our Future#composites, #plants, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased I saw an article in the New York Times...
Feb 65 minHow Big Can Wind Turbines Really Get?#composites, #carbon_fiber, #wind_turbines, #Wind_turbine_blades, #blade_length Yes, I’m going to talk about Wind Turbines again. I love...
Jan 226 minDo Composites Burn? Yes they do, but it’s Complicated#composites, #flammability, #resin, #glue, #carbon_fiber, #toxicity, #flame, #fire In short, yes they do. So, why talk about whether or...
Jan 85 minComposites as Commodity Materials#composites, #fibers, #resins, #structures, #I_beams, #square_tubing, #carbon_composites, #glass_composites, #rectangular_tubing,...
Dec 4, 20236 minCarbon Fiber 2023 Conference and Ned’s Talks #carbon_fiber, #carbon_fiber_2023, #composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio-based, #plant-based, #bio_based_acrylonitrile...
Aug 29, 20234 minWind Energy is Taking Off – and All the Turbine Blades are Composite#String_and_Glue, #renewable_energy, #renewables, #composites, #wind_energy, #wind_farms With the approval last week of the Revolution...
Apr 23, 20234 minComposites in Infrastructure 5 - One More TimeI thought with this final post in my Infrastructure series I would provide some examples of the more aesthetic appeal of using composites...
Apr 23, 20234 minComposites in Infrastructure 4 - What's New and What's ComingI wanted to start this one with some info that I got in an article in ASME News. The pic to the left is a 3D printer at the Advanced...
Apr 23, 20233 minUse of Composites in our Infrastructure - the First of Many PostsI’m going to write a bit about composites in infrastructure in this group of posts – and there are several of them – because believe me,...