Table of Contents
October 2013
| Vol. 18 | No. 5
Composites
WatCh
Marine | 9
Wind Energy | 10
Construction | 12
22
News | 15
Columns
Editor | 3
CT goes to SPE ACCE
Composites: Perspectives
& Provocations | 5
By the Numbers | 7
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46
Departments
features
Structural Preform Technologies
Emerge from the Shadows
Applications | 41
Not yet in full production, with one exception, all are aimed at accelerating composite part
manufacture at fast automotive rates.
By Sara Black
22
Work In Progress | 16
New Products | 43
Calendar | 42
Marketplace | 44
Showcase | 45
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Wind Blades | Progress & Challenges
36
Ad Index | 45
Inside Manufacturing
Maximum Thrills | Minimum Tools
Despite doube-digit wind energy industry growth, turbine blade manufacturers and materials
suppliers acknowledge a pressing need to reduce costs and innovate.
By Michael LeGault
Cover photo
46
Engineering Insights
Composite Submarine Camels
Win with Long-term Durability
The U.S. Navy wisely opts for more expensive submarine moorings that maximize lifecycle
cost-effciency.
By Jeff Sloan
The 360Rush water slide at Spring Valley
Beach amusement park in Blountsville,
Ala., was designed by SplashTacular (La
Quinta, Calif.). Cape Coral, Fla.-based
composite tooling supplier JRL Ventures
demonstrated that tooling costs can be
greatly reduced by producing parts of
multiple sizes from a resizable mold and
a single, reusable vacuum bag (see p. 36).
Source | SplashTacular
CT OCTOBER 2013
Water slide manufacturer's disastrous fre loss opens door to a closed molding process that
reduces the number — and cost — of production molds, promising future gain.
By Michael LeGault
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