Market 23 28 28 Biocomposites Bottlenecks to the development of bio-composite applications Inside the factory Manufacturing gigantic all-carbon-fibre parts: challenging yet routine Research & Development 47 Reinforcement Can silk become a fashionable polymer-reinforcing fibre? 51 Process Semi-automated production of composite beams Technology & Innovations 55 NDT 58 Tooling 62 Infusion Non-destructive testing of composite structures Diamonds advance composites drilling: optimum tool design is critical From land, across the water and into the sky 43 62 Advertisers 31 p.13 3A Composites p.50 Airtech Back cover American Element p.65 CNC Technics p.27 Emerald p.54 Extec p.19 Frimo Inside German front cover Advanced Composites p.12 Glotech p.37 Harper p.39 Henkel p.15,41 JEC Group Inside Back Cover p.30 McClean Anderson p.33 Michelman p.34, p.47 Mikrosam p.37 Netzsch p.31 Selcom p.21 Siemens p.57 TEI No92 October - November 2014 / jec composites magazine 7