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Conferences abound:
ACMA and SAMPE have organized a
robust conference program to meet a
variety of composite needs. PG 3
Around the
Convention Center:
Restaurants, shopping and entertainment
are within easy walking distance
of CAMX. PG 5
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CAMX 2014 keynote transcends
aerospace and automotive
By Jeff Sloan
CompositesWorld Magazine
compositesworld.com
Planning your CAMX
experience:
CAMX offers a variety of tools to help you
plan and maximize your conference and
trade show experience. PG 3
CAMX 2014 officially
starts on Tuesday, Oct.
14, at 9:30 a.m. in the
Valencia Ballroom with
the General Session and
keynote address. The
keynote for the inaugural
CAMX will be presented
by Kevin Mickey,
president of renowned
aerocomposites pioneer
Scaled Composites
(Mojave, Calif.).
Mickey will share his ideas and perspectives from one of the most innovative companies in the composites industry. He is expected
to highlight his experiences managing and leading
to instill an entrepreneurial drive and culture at
Scaled Composites, which developed and manufactured for Virgin Galactic SpaceShipOne and
SpaceShipTwo, the latter of which will soon begin
ferrying passengers into space on low-Earth orbit
(LEO) excursions. SpaceShipTwo will be ferried
for part of its journey by WhiteKnightTwo/Virgin
MotherShip Eve; both craft feature significant use
of carbon fiber composites.
Mickey will also discuss the future of the
Information on getting to and from CAMX
via shuttle. PG 4
Kevin Mickey, president
of Scaled Composites,
presents a keynote
address on Tuesday,
Oct. 14, at 9:30 a.m.
Products and services
in the Exhibit Hall:
SAMPE presents six Fellows Awards at CAMX 2014
Shuttle schedule:
With more than 550 exhibitors, there
is an abundance of new products and
technologies to be found on the CAMX
show floor. PG 9
EVENTS NOT TO MISS
• Registration open:
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Conference programs:
8:00 – 9:00 a.m., 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
• General Session, Keynote,
CAMX Awards:
9:30 – 10:45 a.m., Convention Center,
Valencia Ballroom – 4th level
• Exhibit Hall open:
11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• CAMX Featured Sessions:
2:00 – 5:00 p.m., Room W315 A/B
• Welcome Reception:
5:00 – 6:00 p.m., Convention Center,
Valencia Ballroom – 4th level
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By Jeff Sloan
CompositesWorld Magazine
compositesworld.com
SAMPE’s prestigious Fellows Award was presented
Monday night to six new recipients. The Fellows
Award represents prestigious recognition of a
SAMPE member for distinguished contributions in
the fields of materials and processes. The awards
ceremony was held at the Hyatt Regency, Florida
Ballroom B, 6 to 8 p.m.
This year’s recipients are:
• Gary G. Bond, associate technical fellow,
The Boeing Co. (St. Louis, Mo.)
• Dr. Ronald F. Gibson, distinguished research
professor, Mechanical Engineering
Department, University of Nevada, Reno
(Reno, Nev.)
• Dr. Johnny L. Golden, technical fellow (ret.),
Boeing Research and Technology
(Houston, Texas)
• Dr. Howard A. Katzman, senior scientist,
Space Materials Laboratory, The Aerospace
Corp. (El Segundo, Calif.)
• Dr. Andrew Long, executive dean,
Faculty of Engineering, University of
Nottingham (Nottingham, U.K.)
• Dr. Yiping Qiu, dean of College of Textiles,
Donghua University (Shanghai, China)
Information about each of the award winners
follows.
Bond is an expert in fiber-reinforced
polymer composite materials, processes and
Gary G. Bond
Dr. Ronald F. Gibson
Dr. Howard A. Katzman Dr. Andrew Long
Dr. Johnny L. Golden
Dr. Yiping Qiu
manufacturing procedures to make out-of-autoclave (OOA) vacuum bag only an enhanced
affordability procedure for primary aerostructure
platforms. As a teacher, lecturer and mentor to
young professionals, he has fostered the development of the next generation of materials and
process professionals.
Gibson has a distinguished record as a mentor
and educator to peers and students, and as an
internationally recognized researcher and scholar
in composite materials. His contributions in
dynamic and time-dependent behavior, vibration
test methods, rapid screening tests, and micromechanical modeling of composite materials are
See Fellow Awards, continued on page 5
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How to organize your exhibit hall experience
By Jeff Sloan
CompositesWorld Magazine
compositesworld.com
CAMX 2014 is the largest composites
industry trade show and conference ever
held in North America, so it’s important
that you take advantage of the tools that will
help you plan and organize your visit.
With more than 550 exhibitors at CAMX
2014, you’ll want to maximize your time on
the show floor so that you come away with
the technology and product information
you need to help optimize your composites
fabrication operations. Show organizers
ACMA and SAMPE are providing planning
tools to help you get this done.
First, call up on your smartphone or
tablet device the CAMX website,
www.thecamx.org/mobile, which has been
optimized for mobile devices and offers
the most complete and immediate access
to the exhibitor list, show events and the
conference program.
Whether you’re on your computer
or phone, first familiarize yourself with
the Exhibit Hall, in the West Building of
the Orange County Convention Center.
MyCAMX lets you conduct exhibitor
The mobile CAMX website provides an
searches, add exhibitors and sessions to
overview of the CAMX floor plan (find it
your Planner, make notes about each
under the Attendees tab on the desktop
exhibitor, share your list of favorite exhibisite), which is laid out in 31 aisles and
tors with others, create events or appointincludes all exhibitor booths, plus the
ments, and print your agenda or save it as
Awards for Composites Excellence (ACE)
a PDF.
and CAMX Awards display areas.
Furthermore, many CAMX exhibitors
Next, familiarize yourself with the
are sharing information about what they
CAMX exhibitors using the site’s Exhibitor
will feature in their exhibits. New prodDirectory (also under the Attendees tab
ucts, featured technologies and major
on the desktop site), which allows you to
announcements from a variety of exhibsearch exhibitors by name or by product
itors can be found on the Exhibitor Press
category. Once you have a grasp of the
Releases page on the desktop site.
exhibitors and their technologies, you can
start gathering product information
and flagging the exhibitors that
interest you the most.
The MyCAMX Planner tool
CAMX Mobile Website www.theCAMX.org/mobile
(accessed from the Exhibitor
Directory page on the desktop
site) provides a great resource to
www.facebook.com/theCAMX
organize all of this information.
Create an account on the CAMX
website for the MyCAMX tool to
www.twitter.com/the_CAMX (#CAMX14)
help you aggregate the companies
you want to visit in the Exhibit Hall
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and sessions you want to attend
throughout the conference.
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Conference half of CAMX offers many, varied options
By Sara Black
CompositesWorld Magazine
compositesworld.com
CAMX is offering a powerful program of
presentations, tutorials, keynotes, featured
sessions and a poster session, combining
the best of SAMPE and ACMA education
strategies.
Conference tracks include Business;
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SHOWDAILY STAFF CONTRIBUTORS
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Jeff Sloan, Editor-In-Chief
Mike Musselman, Managing Editor
Sara Black, Technical Editor
Ginger Gardiner, Senior Editor
Rick Kline Jr., Group Publisher
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Kim Hoodin, Marketing Director
Barb Businger, District Manager
Rick Brandt, District Manager
Eddie Kania, European Sales Manager
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Design, Analysis and Testing; Green
Composites; Manufacturing; Market
Applications; New Materials/
Nanotechnology; Process Advancements;
Regulatory and Legislative; Traditional
Materials; and Transportation.
Featured session topics include the
following: Advances in Reinforcement
Materials (Glass Fiber Materials),
Automation Advances (and Their Issues,
Needs and Challenges); Challenges to
Additive Manufacturing and DARPA’s
Open Manufacturing Approach (includes
3D Printing); Composites in Clean Energy
Applications (Department of Energy
Programs); Consumer Product Market
Opportunities; Designing Composites
for Design and Manufacturing Efficiency;
Designing for Composites Sustainability;
Developments and Expansion in
Alternative Energy Markets; Education
Requirements to Support Market Growth;
Infrastructure Markets: Needs, Possibilities,
Advances; Natural Fiber Technology
Advancements; Recycling — Cradle to
Grave Responsibility; The Automotive
Market — Where is it Going and What’s
Needed?; and Thermoset Resin &
Composites Advancements.
In all, more than 53 technical topics will
be addressed by hundreds of qualified
speakers. To find your sessions of interest,
consult the printed program you receive
at registration. Or, you can find and save
presentations and sessions of interest when
you create an account through MyCAMX.
Your selections will be saved to your
personal schedule, which is accessible via a
smartphone via the CAMX mobile website.
The conference program begins today
at 8 a.m. Morning sessions include a
University Research Symposium and a NIST
session that will discuss the Consortium
for Accelerated Innovation and Insertion of
Advanced Composites (CAIIAC).
Don’t miss the General Session and
Keynote address, which begins at 9:30 this
morning. The keynote speaker is Kevin
Mickey, the president of Scaled Composites,
who will share his viewpoints as head of
one of the most innovative companies in
the composites industry.
On Wednesday, Oct. 15, watch for the
International Cast Polymer Assn.’s (ICPA)
General Session and Awards Luncheon.
And, on Thursday morning, starting at 7:30
a.m. and running until 11 a.m., a workshop
will be held on the topic of “Advancing
the State of Composites Manufacturing in
the U.S. through Facilitating Industry by
Engineering, Roadmapping and Science
(FIBERS) Consortium.
A small portion of the CAMX conference
program contains presentations regulated
by International Traffic in Arms Regulations
(ITAR), and admittance is restricted to U.S.
citizens. Look for ITAR information at the
registration area.
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CAMX shuttle bus schedule
The Convention Center shuttle bus stops are located in the main bus drop-off area between the Exhibit Hall C Lobby area and Conference
Program Rooms W224. If you require an ADA shuttle bus or would like additional information, call 310-466-4699. (Call at least 30 minutes
prior to desired pickup time if an ADA bus is required.)
Hotel Route
BUS
ROUTE
HOTEL
HOTEL SHUTTLE BOARDING LOCATION
Avanti Resort
1
Curbside, International Dr.
Courtyard Orlando International Drive
1
Curbside, Austrian Ct.
Embassy Suites Orlando — International Drive South
1
I-Ride Trolley Stop 22, International Dr.
Rosen Inn Pointe Orlando
1
Curbside, International Dr.
Hampton Inn Orlando
2
Walk to Springhill Suites, curbside, Universal Blvd.
Homewood Suites by Hilton Orlando
2
Walk to Springhill Suites, curbside, Universal Blvd.
Hyatt Place Orlando/Convention Center
2
Walk to Springhill Suites, curbside, Universal Blvd.
Residence Inn Orlando Convention Center
2
Walk to Springhill Suites, curbside, Universal Blvd.
Springhill Suites Orlando Convention Center
2
Curbside, Universal Blvd.
DoubleTree
3
Outside of main lobby
Hours of Shuttle Bus Service*
Tuesday, Oct. 14
7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Every 10-15 minutes
Wednesday, Oct. 15
7:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Every 10-15 minutes
10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Every 30 minutes
3:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Every 10-15 minutes
7:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Every 10-15 minutes
2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Every 30 minutes
Thursday, Oct. 16
*Shuttle departs Convention Center on the hour and half hour. Schedule may vary due to traffic and weather conditions. Last bus leaves from
hotel 30 minutes prior to end time with no return service.
CAMX on-floor demonstrations
By Jeff Sloan
CompositesWorld Magazine
compositesworld.com
There is no shortage of actual manufacturing taking place at CAMX, some of it
designed to highlight capability, some
of it to educate composite professionals
on manufacturing processing methods.
Whatever your level of interest, there are
several manufacturing demonstration
options on the show floor. Below is a list
of exhibitors that have reported they are
offering demonstrations:
• A&P Technology, Booth 2447: Fiber
reinforcement and braided products
• Composites One, Booth 2570: Closed
molding processes
• Entec Composite Machines, Booth
3561: High-speed filament winding
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• MarkForged, Booth 1533: Continuous
fiber additive manufacturing
• NETZSCH Instruments, Booth 1643:
Material analysis instruments
• RocTool, Booth 4365: High-speed
injection, heating, cooling
• Sandvik Process Systems, Booth 3768:
Continuous process systems
• SWORL, Booth 3261: Reusable vacuum
membranes
Within walking distance: Much to do, see and eat
By Jeff Sloan
CompositesWorld Magazine
compositesworld.com
If you’ve come to CAMX without a car,
worry not. There is much do, see and eat
within walking distance of the Orange
County Convention Center (OCCC) and its
surrounding hotels.
The place with the most dining and
entertainment options is Pointe Orlando,
an outdoor pedestrian mall located just
north of the OCCC on International Drive,
the main thoroughfare that runs in front
of the convention center. At Point Orlando
you’ll find restaurants like Adobe Gila’s,
B.B. King’s Blues Club, Copper Canyon
Grill, Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar,
Johnny Rockets, Maggiano’s Little Italy, The
Capital Grille, Tommy Bahama Restaurant
and Bar, and more. If you want to be
entertained, at Pointe Orlando you’ll find
Regal Cinemas as well as Wonderworks,
“an indoor amusement park for the mind,
with more than 100 hands-on exhibits,”
including a famous upside-down house.
West as well as north of Pointe Orlando
you’ll find Ming Court Oriental Cuisine,
Houlihan’s, Sizzler, Taverna Opa, ICEBAR
Orlando (home of the largest permanent
ice bar in the world) and Miller’s Ale
House (a neighborhood tavern and sports
bar). Venture a little further north still and
you’ll find RA Sushi Bar Restaurant, Dave
& Buster’s, Howl at the Moon (a dueling
piano bar), Olive Garden and Drip (an
industrial bar — be prepared to get paint
on your clothes).
If you seek more pedestrian fare, east
of the OCCC and within walking distance
you’ll find Denny’s, Red Lobster,
McDonald’s and IHOP.
If walking is not your speed, you can take
the I-Ride Trolley, which stops all along
International Drive. A one-time ride from
any point A to point B on International
Drive is $2. Or you can pay $5 for an
all-day pass. Finally, if walking and trolleying don’t appeal to you, check out Air
Florida Helicopter Charters, located west
of International Drive just north of Pointe
Orlando.
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particularly noteworthy.
Golden has established broad expertise
in the materials and processes (M&P) field
through his leadership of the International
Space Station M&P team for 20 years, from
development of design and verification
requirements through hardware manufacturing, test and assembly in orbit, to station
operations and service life extension.
Katzman has worked with advanced
composite systems for more than 35 years,
characterizing new materials and evaluating composite applications for National
Security Space (NSS) programs. His
research activities have included fundamental work in metals, carbon, polymers
and ceramic matrix composites, as well
as applied research into spacecraft aging
issues and structural composite materials.
His expertise and contributions as a materials and processing technical specialist
have been recognized by the U.S. Air
Force as well as other agencies within the
Department of Defense.
Long is internationally recognized as an
expert in modeling of composite processes
and performance. He has worked as
chairman of the U.K. and Ireland SAMPE
chapter, which has prospered under his
leadership. In particular the student
seminar has done well sending U.K.
students on to win the Paris event, and
from there to visit SAMPE’s spring conference in the U.S.
Yiping is well known for his work in 3-D
woven fabric composites and composite
interface modification. He is a leader in the
SAMPE Shanghai Chapter and the founder
and faculty advisor of the SAMPE Donghua
University Student Chapter. The Donghua
student chapter is the first in China and the
largest in the world.
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ACE, CAMX Awards recognize composites creativity, excellence
By Jeff Sloan
CompositesWorld Magazine
compositesworld.com
CAMX 2014 offers two awards programs,
one representing a legacy ACMA event,
with the other making its debut. The Awards
for Composites Excellence (ACE) has been
a staple of ACMA events for many years and
returns this year to join the CAMX show.
It offers awards in six categories, covering
design, manufacturing and market growth.
New to the show is the CAMX Awards,
which recognizes two cutting-edge innovations or innovators that are shaping
the future of composites and advanced
materials.
There are, in total, more than 80 entrants
in the ACE and CAMX Awards, and all
can be seen at the Awards Pavilion in
the CAMX Exhibit Hall. Winners in each
category will be announced this morning
at the Opening Session, Keynote and
CAMX Awards, 9:30-10:45 a.m. in the
Valencia Ballroom, fourth level of the West
Hall Convention Center. Awards will be
presented Thursday at the ACMA & SAMPE
Awards Luncheon, 12-2 p.m.
The entrants represent the full range of
markets and applications served by the
composites industry. Below are some of
the notable examples that might be worth
closer examination.
Blackbird Clara is a concert-sized
composite ukulele with the previously
unobtainable combination of world-class
sound and vintage look in a wood-free,
worry-free and sustainable package. The
high-performance hollow-neck, uni-body
construction is free of the durability
and weather stability issues suffered by
wooden instruments, making Clara the
perfect take-everywhere instrument. Clara
is made of Ekoa, a lighter-than-carbon,
renewable flax/bioresin prepreg developed by Blackbird and Lingrove. This new
bio-based solution is tuned to sound like
a Stradivarius, but is unusually strong and
thus offers an alternative to cutting down
old-growth trees.
Cargo Composites entered the AeroBox,
a lightweight 58-kg/123-lb air cargo
container used in the belly of wide-body
aircraft to transport baggage, mail and
cargo. The low weight of this unit saves
approximately $1,250 per year in fuel
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controlled, but also the ratio of reinforcement to resin (LOI) can be easily and
consistently controlled. The near dripless
applicator helps optimize resin impregnation, consistently providing a 70 to 80
percent glass-to-resin ratio. The TSE applicator can be cleaned in place and put back
in service in just 7 to 10 minutes.
Studio Twenty Seven Architecture has
entered its information and ticket pavilion
for Union Station’s (Washington, D.C.)
new intercity bus terminal, which achieves
required functionality with a colorful,
modern design, transforming a concrete
parking deck into an inviting passenger
and 7,800 kg/17,196 lb of CO2 emissions
compared to the 82-kg/181-kg aluminum
container it replaces. The innovative thermoplastic composite honeycomb panels
not only produce a lighter structure, but
greatly improve durability. Repair rates
of this material in this extremely rough
handling environment are one-quarter
those of aluminum, leading to a lower
lifecycle cost. The 100 percent recyclable
panels are thermoformed at the edges to
create a structural corner when assembled. This feature eliminates the need for
damage-prone aluminum extrusions and
greatly reduces the overall parts count.
With more than 18,000 of these containers
now flying in worldwide commercial
airline fleets, the estimated annual total
fuel savings is more than 25 million
liters/6.6 million gal and CO2 savings are
1,476 metric tons/3.25 million lb.
TSE Industries Inc. entered a new
method of reinforcement (glass/carbon
fiber) impregnation during filament
winding. This method of impregnation
not only minimizes process waste, but
also maximizes the effective impregnation
of reinforcement strands using minimal
quantities of resin. TSE’s patented technology ensures better laminate quality
through consistent impregnation. Not only
can the roving tension be automatically
waiting and transit area. Fiberglass and
foam core sandwich panels enabled
low-cost tooling and an extremely short
32-day timeline, providing both architects
and contractors a solution not possible
with traditional materials. Customized
building skins integrate structural, waterproofing and thermal functions, reducing
total elements yet enabling unique textures
and shapes to offer huge market potential.
The very creative, low-cost approach to
texturing of facades showcases composites’
endless capacity for solutions.
MarkForged entered its Mark One 3-D
printer, the first 3-D printer designed to
print continuous carbon fiber, Kevlar
and fiberglass. Using a patent-pending
Composite Filament Fabrication (CFF)
process, MarkForged’s blend of thermoplastics immediately hardens during
printing. CFF offers the opportunity to
dramatically shorten design cycles and
enables high-resolution fiber placement.
The system uses a proprietary thermoplastic matrix that also offers good
interlayer adhesion and high impact
resistance not found in thermosetting
resins. Based on in-house three-point
bending tests, Mark One carbon fiber CFF
3-D-printed beams have a higher strengthto-weight (specific modulus) than 6061
T6 aluminum. Further, the user can easily
turn billet parts into sandwich panels
with printed-in core material. This greatly
increases strength-to-weight while adding
the desired panel stiffness to external
facing components.
NASA Glenn Research submitted the
NASA Composite Cryotank Technology
Demonstrator. NASA collaborated with
Boeing to design, fabricate and test
an all-composite cryogenic fuel tank
for launch vehicles, paving the way for
lower-cost access to space. These designs
achieved a 30 percent weight savings and
a 25 percent cost savings, allowing insertion of higher mass payloads to low-Earth
orbit (LEO) and beyond. A number of
technology firsts included thin-ply fiber
placement of a large test article (5.5m/18-ft
diameter) using out-of-autoclave (OOA)
processing, and successful cure of a hybrid
(thick and thin plies) laminate. Ultimately,
the largest automated fiber placement
(AFP), OOA, composite tank was fabricated as a result of this effort. It was also
the first successful demonstration of an
all-composite bolted sump/forward cover
joint. NASA analytical capabilities facilitated the rapid development of models for
AFP processes, and accurate prediction
of structural response in a series of tests
using liquid hydrogen (LH2) to thermally
cycle the composite tank through various
pressure ranges. OOA processing permitted
as much as a 20 percent reduction in the
power requirements compared to autoclave processing. The NASA Space Launch
System (SLS) is being built and the use of
composite cryotanks in the upper stage
provides additional payload capacity. At
the current SLS configuration of 8.4m, this
warrants as much as 1,400 kg/3,806 lb of
added payload.
VX Aerospace submitted the
VX-1 KittyHawk, a new aircraft with looks
and performance that VX says will remake
the light aircraft landscape, manned or
unmanned. The aircraft has more usable
internal volume and payload capacity
and improved aerodynamic efficiency.
An advantage of the increase in internal
volume is the ability to incorporate
compressed natural gas (CNG) as a fuel
source, which will reduce the operational
fuel cost by a factor of three. Equally
important is the structural efficiency. The
basic airframe consists of just six components, and there are no highly stressed
parts in the design.
Composite Panel Systems LLC is making
waves in the building and construction
industry with its Epitome Quality
Foundation Walls, a high-performance
composite-based improvement in lieu
of current concrete residential foundations. The sandwich panel construction
of Epitome foundation walls provides
the homeowner with a warmer, drier and
healthier living space (R-16.5 insulation
value), as well as improved flexibility to
modify or finish the basement at their
leisure. For the builder, Epitome foundation walls combine structure, integrated
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IKONICS AMS is particularly beneficial
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stud cavities for mechanicals, top plate and
damp proofing into a single step. Further,
the builder can now install a typical
foundation in less than two hours with his
own crew. Previously, builders could wait
up to two weeks for a separate contractor
to install a concrete basement. Moreover,
Epitome foundation walls can withstand
three times the backfill load of a standard
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composites and advanced materials
industry, possibilities for transitioning
aerospace-quality materials into an automotive-style production process and price
point, and how the industry can approach
traditional material users on the conversion
to composites.
He will also describe Scaled Composites’
approach to composite design and
manufacturing, which centers on creating
collaborative project teams and an environment “unlimited by aversion to risk,”
where “dreaming it” and “building it” is
not only possible, but is said to be standard
operating procedure.
Scaled Composites was founded by Burt
Rutan, one of the few people to receive
achievement awards from both ACMA and
SAMPE.
concrete foundation wall. They don’t crack,
they don’t leak and they provide a superior
product at a price that is competitive to
current residential building practices.
Polystrand entered an automotive
suspension that showcases the use of
continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic
springs and control arms. The concept
can be easily adapted for use in OEM
automotive applications and features
lightweight, recyclable technology. The
cantilever springs and control arms, made
of continuous glass-reinforced nylon,
can serve simultaneously as springs and
structural components, saving weight
and allowing consolidation of parts. Since
the upper control arms are also flexible
members, they are coupled together in this
application to counteract body roll during
cornering, while increasing roll-induced
camber gain, which can be beneficial in
this racing application. In passenger car
applications, this technique can reduce
body roll without adversely affecting
straight-line ride comfort.
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WhiteKnightTwo/Virgin MotherShip Eve
is designed to ferry SpaceShipTwo for part
of its journey into orbit.
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, developed
and manufactured by Scaled Composites,
will carry passengers into low-Earth orbit.
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Composite curing batch ovens
Wisconsin Oven Corp. (East Troy, Wis.) is emphasizing its line of
electrically heated, gas-fired and indirect gas-fired composite
curing batch ovens in Booth 1545. Wisconsin Oven says its ovens
offer several advantages in composite curing applications:
• Quick heating rates and recovery times: Each oven features
a high-pressure recirculation blower, which includes fully enclosed
and pressurized supply ducts. It’s designed for combination airflow
arrangement, which is said to ensure even and uniform heat
distribution throughout the work chamber, even with varying loads.
• Consistent temperature certification: Composite curing ovens
are typically guaranteed and certified for ±10°F at 350°F temperature uniformity. Tighter tolerances and certification at other temperatures are available. Equipment is completely tested prior to shipment
and must pass a 154-point quality inspection prior to shipment.
• Energy efficiency: Ovens are available with the E-Pack Oven
upgrade. This optional upgrade package includes thicker wall
panels, higher efficiency motors and other energy-saving features.
Wisconsin Oven Corp., Booth 1545
Polyphenylsulfone foam core, thermoplastic resins
Solvay Specialty Polymers (Alpharetta, Ga.)
introduces Radel PPSU foam, said to be the
industry’s first thermoformable polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) foam for insulative and structural
components used in aircraft interiors, in Booth
3069. Positioned as an alternative core material
to honeycomb, Radel PPSU foam reportedly
lends itself to high-productivity manufacturing
of sandwich structures with consistent quality
at attractive economics. High-performance
PPSU foam is based on Solvay’s Radel PPSU,
a super-tough thermoplastic resin used for
more than 20 years in structural and decorative aircraft interior applications. Radel
PPSU foam is used in commercial applications in the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft.
For cores and ducting, Solvay is also highlighting Solef PVDF foam, which can be molded
into complex 3-D shapes that offer excellent
flame/smoke/toxicity (FST) performance,
toughness, resiliency, excellent resistance to
aerospace fluids and mechanical properties
to 120°C/248°F. Solef 3-D molded foam also
permits the production of parts with zero scrap
and eliminates the need for interior insulation.
Solvay will discuss the use of Ajedium
Films made from fluoropolymers, engineering
polymers, and high-performance polymers
for production of thermal acoustic insulation
blankets. Films made using ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE), polyvinylidene fluoride
(PVDF), polyetheretherketone (PEEK), and
polyaryletherketone (PAEK) provide uniform
release from composites and other substrates
under pressure, heat or other demanding
conditions. Lightweight Halar ECTFE film is
used in the Solar Impulse solar-powered
airplane to weather-proof photovoltaic cells
without compromising light transmission.
Rounding out Solvay’s offering for composites
are a range of thermoplastic resins including
KetaSpire PEEK, which combines good chemical
resistance and long-term thermal and mechanical stability with strength, stiffness and fatigue
resistance. AvaSpire PAEK, a family of polymers
tailored to provide new and unique combinations
of thermal, mechanical and chemical performance while exhibiting superior processing
characteristics compared to PEKK and PEK.
Through fiber loading and mixed composite/overmolding techniques, Solvay’s KetaSpire PEEK and
AvaSpire PAEK compounds reportedly push short
fiber solutions ever closer to composites while
ensuring simpler processing and cost savings.
Typical applications are fixtures and clips.
Solvay Specialty Polymers, Booth 3069
Continuous carbon fiber/
thermoplastic 3-D printing
MarkForged (Cambridge, Mass.) is featuring
the Mark One, an additive manufacturing (AM)
3-D printer that produces parts made with
continuous carbon fiber in a thermoplastic
resin. On display in Booth 1533, the Mark One
has two print heads, both designed and built
by the company. One dispenses polyamide
(nylon) or polylactide (PLA) resin, and the second
dispenses a continuous towpreg, either carbon
or glass (dispensing of aramid fiber is in development). The towpreg is made in a proprietary
process: A single carbon filament is coated
with a specially developed thermoplastic resin,
designed specifically for the printer. The Mark
One uses fused deposition modeling (FDM), an
extrusion-like process, for placement of resin
and towpreg in the flat x/y plane of the part. The
company says that the fiber can be oriented,
or added selectively only where needed, in the
x/y plane, but notes that, at present, vertical, or
z-directional, orientations aren’t possible. Each
build layer is approximately 200 µm thick.
The “stage” on which deposition takes place
is a plastic platform, to which the polyamide or
PLA resin adheres, similar to other AM machines.
The finished part is scraped off when finished
and the platform lasts for roughly 100 prints.
Unique to the Mark One is the use of a highprecision “kinematic coupling” to precisely level
and fix the build platform. Used in silicon wafer
processing, the coupling precisely constrains all
six degrees of freedom so that the build stage
can simply be “clicked” into place. Set-to-reset
leveling is reportedly repeatable to within 10 µm.
MarkForged, Booth 1533
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Product News at CAMX 2014
Infusion bagging supplies and equipment
Infusion specialist Airtech International
(Huntington Beach, Calif.) is featuring
several products in Booth 4529:
• Airflow 100R, a durable high-temperature
and high-pressure autoclave hose, is now
available with 90° fixed end fittings
on one or both ends. The silicone rubber outer
protective sleeve encases braided stainless
steel covering a PTFE inner tube supported
with a flexible steel spring conduit. Its
design prevents collapse from vacuum or
autoclave pressures.
• Vac-Gauge 40D is a versatile digital vacuum
gauge used for leak detection and vacuum
determinations under the vacuum bag. The
gauge offers vacuum readings in four
selectable units: mBar, mmHg, inHg, and Kpa.
• Airtech Vacuum Test Unit is a compact,
lightweight and reportedly easy-to-use
device to test in-service equipment or to
check equipment that has undergone maintenance, like seal replacements on vacuum
valves or end fitting replacements on
Intellectual property protection
Investigative and analysis specialist CHEMIR’s
(Maryland Heights, Mo.) analytical experts and
Canadian law firm Gowlings’ (Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada) patent law experts are delivering a
technical presentation titled “Intellectual Property
Considerations and Strategy in New Product
Development” on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 8 a.m.
in W223 A/B. Anita Nador will discuss the legal
implications of conducting research on patented
products, the first sale doctrine and reverse
engineering (also known as deformulation) of
a patented product, both from the perspective
of a new market entrant and a patent owner.
Nador is a partner and registered U.S. and
Canadian patent agent specializing in chemical
and life sciences related patents at Gowlings.
Dr. Albert Lee and Aaron Cassely, both scientists
from CHEMIR, will present a case study of an
adhesive deformulation to further illustrate these
challenges. CHEMIR is exhibiting in booth 1576.
CHEMIR, Booth 1576
Composites design engineering software
Altair Engineering Inc. (Troy, Mich.) is featuring
its HyperWorks suite of composites design
engineering tools in Booth 3661. The software
applies to laminated, woven and chopped fiber
composites and is based upon finite element
methods in conjunction with optimization
algorithms to provide design guidance and
insights. HyperMesh allows composites data to
be read from the CAD model, with ply shapes
and parameters comprehended and mapped
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onto elements. It uses ply-based modeling and
has the ability to convert from ply- to zone-based
modeling for solvers that do not natively support
ply-based modeling. HyperView provides layerbased postprocessing for composites, yielding
results for individual layers and the aggregation
of layers, identifying the maximum contributing
layer. OptiStruct is a solver with nonlinear
capabilities for ply-based modeling. It offers
size optimization for dimensioning of structural
components, as well as topology optimization to reduce weight by determining the ideal material distribution.
Altair also offers access to the
Altair Partner Alliance (APA), which
enables HyperWorks users to call on
third-party software as needed at no
additional cost. Nine software tools for
designing and analyzing composites
are available through the APA, including
AlphaStar, Componeering and ESRD.
Altair Engineering Inc., Booth 3661
vacuum hoses.
• Airpad HTX is an uncured nonsilicone rubber
that can be made into caul sheets and
flexible mandrels.
• Toolwright 3 and Toolwright 5 are extruded
fluoropolymer films coated with silicone
pressure-sensitive adhesive. The yellow color
is highly visible on most substrates; the
material offers high elongation and tensile
strength.
• Wrightlease 2 is an extruded fluoropolymer
film coated with silicone pressure-sensitive
adhesive. The orange color is highly visible
on most substrates; the material offers high
elongation and tensile strength. Wrightlease
2R has the same features as Wrightlease 2,
but is rubber-based and light green.
Airtech International, Booth 4529
Lightning strike materials
and protection
Lightning strike specialist Dexmet’s (Wallingford,
Conn.) expanded lightning strike division is
offering MicroGrid precision expanded metal
foils to makers of composite materials for
lightning strike protection. MicroGrid’s single
unit structure is said to be superior to woven
material in that it won’t unravel or produce
loose strands that become problematic during
processing into a prepreg material or when
conducting a dry layup. The homogeneous
design also reportedly ensures uncompromised
conductivity between strands when forming the
material to a variety of shapes and contours,
and provides a smooth surface on the end
product. Dexmet says the biggest advantage
of MicroGrid is the company’s ability to tightly
control the manufacturing process to meet a
specific weight, open area and conductivity
requirement. Dexmet says its precision expanded
metals and polymers allow engineers the option
of varying materials according to specific
strike zones on the aircraft or structure, while
adding little weight to the aircraft or structure.
Also, printed copies of Dexmet’s 12-page
technical papers are available in Booth 3483.
Dexmet, Booth 3483
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Composites automation programming software
Simulation and machining software specialist
CGTech (Irvine, Calif.) demonstrates the
process of programming automated composite
machinery. Visitors to Booth 3656 can see
the steps needed to get from a CAD-designed
composite part to CNC programs that
drive an automated fiber placement (AFP)
or automated tape laying (ATL) machine.
CGTech is also demonstrating VERICUT
composite applications, including VERICUT
Composite Paths for Engineering (VCPe),
VERICUT Composite Programming (VCP)
and Vericut Composite Simulation (VCS).
VCPe measures and evaluates the effects of
AFP and ATL path trajectory, material steering,
surface curvature, course convergence and
other process constraints as they would be
applied in manufacturing. It also provides
produceability analysis of the fiber angle
based on the curvature of the part and overlap
and gaps needed for structural analysis.
VCP reads CATIA V5, STEP or ACIS surface
models. It also reads Fibersim, CATIA V5, or
other external ply geometry and information.
VCP then adds material to fill the plies according
to user-specified manufacturing standards and
requirements. Layup paths are linked together to
form specific layup sequences and are output as
NC programs for the automated layup machine.
VCS reads CAD models and NC programs,
either from VCP or other composite layup
path-generation applications,
and simulates the sequence
of NC programs on a virtual
machine. Material is applied to
the layup form via NC program
instructions in a virtual CNC
simulation environment. The
simulated material applied to
the form can be measured and
inspected to ensure the NC
program follows manufacturing
standards and requirements.
CGTech is also exhibiting
its latest version of VERICUT.
VERICUT is CNC machine simulation, verification and optimization software
that enables users to eliminate the process of
manually proving-out NC programs. VERICUT
simulates all types of CNC machining, including
drilling and trimming, waterjet, riveting,
robotics, mill/turn, and parallel kinematics.
CGTech, Booth 3656
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Closed molding materials and demonstrations
Hot-melt prepreg machines
Composites One (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
is emphasizing the launch of its all-new
website compositesone.com, live closed mold
demonstrations and two technical presentations. Visitors can see the new site live at
workstations in the Composites One Booth
2570. They can navigate through the site and
provide feedback to Composites One team
members. A mobile version is also available
for those who prefer to use their phones to
search for product or process information.
Composites One and the Closed Mold
Alliance are presenting the Lean Mean Closed
Mold Machine demonstration live on the CAMX
exhibit hall floor in Booth 2772. This year, the
event has been dubbed the Super Demo and
features five industry segmented demonstrations and one presentation focused on new
technology. The featured market segments are
marine, oil and gas, wind energy, aerospace, and
transportation/automotive. The demos feature
closed mold processes like light resin transfer
molding (LRTM), vacuum infusion and reusable
silicone bag molding. The demonstration also
includes prepreg on two large parts, cured
using an oven supplied by Wisconsin Oven,
also a CAMX exhibitor in Booth 1545. Products,
In Booth 2949, C. A. Litzler Co. Inc. (Cleveland,
Ohio) is featuring its latest technology in hot
melt prepreg machines. Litzler designs hot
melt prepreg equipment for the production of
high-quality unidirectional and woven prepregs.
These machines include systems for development and production systems in widths ranging
from 12 inches to 60 inches (305 mm to 1,524
mm). Machines include online and offline
filmers as well as a patent-pending thermoplastic prepreg unit. Litzler’s prepreggers are
designed with the S-wrap prepreg process,
which can increase production up to 100 ft/
min on a standard machine. Litzler says typical
competing designs are only useful to 15 ft/min.
Litzler celebrates 61 years in business in 2014.
C. A. Litzler Co. Inc., Booth 2949
including many high-performance solutions,
featured in the demonstration are provided
by partners: 3A Composites, AOC Resins,
Airtech International, Arekma, CCP Composites,
ChemTrend, Chomarat, ITW Plexus, Huntsman,
Magnum Venus Plastech, Owens Corning, Sworl,
United Initiators and Vectorply Corporation
with tooling provided by Airtech International,
Carbon Craft, RTM Solutions and VX Aerospace.
In addition to the website launch and
the live demonstration, Composites One is
presenting two technical sessions at CAMX
2014. The first is a technical paper titled “A
Composite Manufacturer’s Decision Process
Leading to Silicone Vacuum Bag Selection,”
to be presented by James Noonan, technical
support manager at Composites One, Tuesday,
Oct. 14, 3 p.m., in W224 C. The second session,
“Optimizing Surface Finish for Closed Molding,”
is a panel discussion featuring Composites One
supplier partners and is moderated by Noonan,
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 10 a.m., also in W224 C.
Composites One, Booth 2570
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5-axis overhead gantry
CNC router
In Booth 4345, CNC specialist Diversified Machine
Systems (DMS, Colorado Springs, Colo.) exhibits
DMS D5E, an enclosed 5-axis overhead gantry
CNC router with twin moving tables, customized
for composites machining. It features a Fagor
8055i CNC, solid 2-ft by 3-ft (0.6m to 0.9m) twin
tables and 30-inch/762-mm Z stroke. It is said
to be the first machine of its kind to offer a glass
clam shell-style roof on a smaller unit. Other
features include airborne debris containment,
a dual-table workspace and footprint efficiencies that are said to be in demand globally.
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Product News at CAMX 2014
Oxidizer for carbon fiber manufacturing
Anguil Environmental Systems Inc. (Milwaukee,
Wis.) is emphasizing its oxidizers for abating
emissions in the manufacture of carbon fiber
in Booth 4069. Oxidation and carbonization
furnaces and industrial ovens have the potential
to emit hydrogen cyanide (HCN), ammonia (NH3)
and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Some
of these pollutants are immediately dangerous
to human health, even in very small quantities. Other pollutants of concern for carbon
fiber producers include harmful gases such as
carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxide (NOX).
These emissions not only contribute to global
warming but also have a direct correlation with
the manufacturer’s consumption of energy.
Anguil is emphasizing two recent oxidizer
installations, one at the University of Nottingham
(Nottingham, U.K.) and one at Oak Ridge National
Laboratories (ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tenn.).
The University of Nottingham is working with
The Boeing Co. (Chicago, Ill.) on carbon
fiber recycling and has developed a
pilot scale carbon fiber recycling plant.
The team at Nottingham knew that an
air pollution control device would be
necessary to meet the local emission
requirements, but also realized that
there was the potential to reuse some of
the energy released during the combustion of carbon fiber processing emissions. Anguil was selected to provide
the air pollution control system for the University
of Nottingham. The company manufactured,
installed and recently brought online a Thermal
Recuperative Oxidizer with dual heat recovery.
A similar system was implemented at ORNL,
where the U.S. Department of Energy has built
a pilot scale carbon fiber manufacturing line.
To treat the exhaust streams coming from the
carbon fiber process, Anguil Environmental
Systems was commissioned to design, manufacture and install a multistage Direct Fired Thermal
Oxidizer (DFTO). The abatement system is capable
of destroying nitrogen compounds without the
formation of NOX. Gases move through zones
within the DFTO under varying conditions where
the total emission destruction efficiencies exceed
99 percent with minimal NOX generation.
Anguil Environmental Systems Inc.,
Booth 4069
Wetting aids, dispersants, coupling agents
Additives specialist BYK USA (Wallingford, Conn.)
is featuring its line of wetting aids, dispersants
and coupling agents to improve glass, carbon and
natural fiber composites in Booth 2063. Products
include air release additives and defoamers,
VOC and odor control solutions, scratch and mar
control, pigment and filler dispersants, and organo-modified clays for control of rheology, melt
strength, dimensional stability and mechanical
properties. Garamite additives reportedly differ
from other organically modified mineral thixotropes by exhibiting ease of dispersion, ease of
use, high efficiency and high performance without
unwanted viscosity. BYK-R 607 is a new thixotropy
booster for epoxy and high-polarity, solvent-borne
systems. BYK-R 607 is said to provide good antisagging, antisettling and antisyneresis properties.
BYK USA, Booth 2063
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Carbon fibers, tooling materials, fabric forms and prepregs
In Booth 2855, fiber and resins supplier Hexcel
(Stamford, Conn.) is featuring HexTow HM63
carbon fiber, HexTool composite tooling, PrimeTex
spread-tow carbon fiber
fabric, HiTape dry carbon
fiber reinforcements, HexPly
M77 snap-cure prepreg
and HexPly M79 prepreg.
HexTow HM63 carbon fiber
offers what Hexcel says is
the highest tensile strength
of any high-modulus fiber,
providing good translation of
fiber properties in a composite,
including what is said to be
superior interlaminar shear and
compression strength. HexTow HM63 is suitable
for any high-stiffness and strength-critical
applications including space, satellites, unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAV), commercial aerospace
and helicopters. It also meets the requirements
for premium sports and recreation applications
including F1, marine craft, bikes and fishing rods.
Hexcel is displaying tooling manufactured
by Sawyer Composites using HexTool M61.
HexTool composite tooling material is said to
provide the ability to meet strict requirements for
stability and repeatability of tolerances previously
accomplished by machined Invar tools, in addition
to improved thermal performance and reduced
weight of carbon tools over metal tools. The
tooling produced by Sawyer
Composites is used by CFAN
to make the fan blades for
the GE90 and GEnx engines.
PrimeTex carbon fiber
fabrics feature fibers spread in
the warp and weft direction
to provide a uniform weave
and gap-free finish. The
PrimeTex spreading process
is said to increase the closure
factor by 5 to 8 percent
compared to conventional
weaving processes (depending on the carbon
tow and FAW). PrimeTex fabrics are designed for
aerospace laminates as the gap-free structure
reduces porosity and requires less part finishing.
HiTape advanced dry carbon fiber reinforcements combine the benefits of automated
processing with the cost effectiveness of
out-of-autoclave (OOA) infusion technologies.
HiTape allows preforms to be manufactured in a
fully automated layup process, with high deposition rates. When infused with HexFlow resins,
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to 60 percent fiber volume fraction, resulting in
mechanical properties that are as high as those
achieved with primary structure prepregs. To
demonstrate the potential of HiTape for cost and
cycle efficient primary aircraft structures,
Hexcel has worked with Aerolia SAS and
Coriolis Composites to design and manufacture
an aircraft fuselage panel demonstrator that
is on display.
For automotive, HexPly M77 snap cure
prepreg has a 2-minute cycle at 150°C/302°F
(80 bar pressure). The low tack of HexPly M77
enables the prepreg to be cut into precise shapes
by laser cutter, then oriented, assembled and
consolidated into flat preforms by robot. The high
Tg of 125°C/257°F enables the cured parts can be
demolded while hot for a faster production cycle.
HexPly M79 prepreg was developed to meet
industry requirements for a faster and lower
temperature curing prepreg for thick laminates in
the wind energy and marine industries. It will
cure in 8 to 10 hours at 70°C/158°F or in just 4 to
6 hours at 80°C/176°F. On Hexcel’s stand at
CAMX, visitors can see a carbon fiber laminate
consisting of 695 plies of HexPly M79 600-g/m2
carbon unidirectional tape that cured in just
6 hours at 80°C/176°F.
Hexcel, Booth 2855
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