{"title":"Ultratough resin for large composite vessels","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00273-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00273-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><strong>Jaclyn Balthasar</strong> and <strong>Stephan Sprenger</strong> from Evonik Operations GmbH discuss how an EU project successfully tested a new vinyl ester resin for use in large-scale ship building.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101069,"journal":{"name":"Reinforced Plastics","volume":"65 6","pages":"Pages 38-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82005909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How molds add shape to our world","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00267-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00267-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Most composites require a mold to come to life. Here <strong>Andrew Smith</strong> examines how molds are made and why they are so important. Many of the shapes that we take for granted in our lives – from the fenders on our cars to the tiny gifts that fall out of Christmas crackers – are the result of molding.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101069,"journal":{"name":"Reinforced Plastics","volume":"65 6","pages":"Pages 12-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87155487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"All hands on deck","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00269-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00269-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Liz Nickels talked to marine specialist Evan Ridley about Rhode Island initiatives to recycle end of life composite boat materials, and how they could be implemented across the US and globally.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101069,"journal":{"name":"Reinforced Plastics","volume":"65 6","pages":"Pages 20-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92020429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mould4Plast delivers training in specialty plastics moulding","authors":"Victor Sevilla","doi":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00262-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00262-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>At the start of the EU-funded Mould4Plast project in October 2018, its motivation was clearly set out: “Automotive Industry is crucial for Europe's prosperity”, providing jobs for 12m people and accounting for 4% of the EU's GDP, the project's first newsletter explained. So the project's aims were to “contribute to employment and … increase the competitivity of the mould making industry … and thus the competitivity of related sectors.”</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101069,"journal":{"name":"Reinforced Plastics","volume":"65 5","pages":"Pages 48-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74770554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Composite manufacturing comes down to earth","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00259-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00259-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Quality standards for composites that were once the exclusive preserve of the aircraft industry are now being used across many land-based sectors such as automotive, rail, power generation and construction. Companies that can achieve them are also reliably supplying other advanced engineering sectors such as oil and gas, energy, marine and automotive.</p><p>Kaman UK</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101069,"journal":{"name":"Reinforced Plastics","volume":"65 5","pages":"Pages 34-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84209913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Looking back to go forward","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00241-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00241-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Liz Nickels digs into the <em>Reinforced Plastics</em> archives to remember what was happening in the composite industry of the past.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101069,"journal":{"name":"Reinforced Plastics","volume":"65 5","pages":"Pages 6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134651783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}