Wind power, as the fastest growing segment of the energy sector, has become big business and how it thrives has a profound influence on the reinforced plastics industry. It continues to draw in large...
Blade technology is key to the effective harnessing of wind energy. Current efforts are focussing on developing blades that have higher wind energy capture and which are smarter and more durable than...
Reinforced plastics offer designers of ship propellers a new approach to design and manufacture. The viability of composite propellers has been demonstrated on small craft; the challenge now is to...
Just as there were once 10 000 windmills across Europe, countless water mills helped power the rural economy and then the industrial revolution. And, just as reinforced plastics have supported the...
The take-off run for aerospace composites has been prolonged, but now that designers feel more comfortable with these materials, they are incorporating them into primary aerostructures – as well as...
Materials and processing technologies hold the key to the future success of composites in the automotive market.