(Composite Advantage, LLC) Government engineers teamed with academia and an innovative manufacturer to produce a novel composite materials product proven as a successful replacement for standard chanoine-type wicket gates made of white oak. Innovation was required in three areas: (1) development of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite material configuration, (2) development of a new gate manufacturing process, and (3) …
Development and Launch of Integrated Slide-in Oven Console Assembly w/ Stainless Steel Appearance Via Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD)
(Mar-Bal, Inc.) The consumer appliance sector comprises a complex mix of buyer preference, brand identity, feature-based model design, application-specific performance characteristics, safety / regulatory elements, and of course, price. Balancing all of these factors along with the interplay of material characteristics, production technologies, Design-for-Manufacturing (DFM) guidelines, throughput yield, stringent quality criteria, and of course, cost, can be a significant undertaking. …
9 Meter Wind Turbine Blade Advanced Technology Demonstrator
(IACMI – The Composites Institute) The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, IACMI, a Manufacturing USA institute driven by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the U.S. Department of Energy, led a team of industry and government partners to fabricate an advanced technology wind turbine blade. The 9 meter long blade was fabricated at the Composites Manufacturing Education and Technology …