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Industry News Web Industries, a global leader in custom manufacturing and development services for flexible materials, has opened a new Composites Automation Development Center in the Atlanta, Georgia area. The 10,000 sq. ft. development environment will help Web Industries customers from around the world test new and emerging carbon fiber composite materials for qualification and use in the automated fiber placement manufacturing process. At the center, engineers will be able to work with Web Industries to complete performance, process-ability, durability, and fit-for-use assessments on prepreg carbon fiber composite precision tapes. Expanding the Center of Excellence The Composites Automation Development Center is located within Web Industries’ Composites Manufacturing Center of Excellence. The new purpose-built environment is ISO 9001:2008, AS9100, and ISO 14001-certified. Services and capabilities in the new Development Center include: slitting and winding, slit-width verification testing, materials analysis, environmental testing, web path testing, fit-for-use analysis, packaging optimization, quality and inspection, and aerospace grade freezer storage and environmental controls. For more information, visit: www.webindustries.com/Content/Capabilities/DevelopmentComposites.aspx. TA Instruments announces the acquisition of Anter Corporation and Anter Laboratories (Pittsburgh, PA), a privately held manufacturer of high performance systems that measure thermal expansion, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, and heat capacity of a wide range of materials. Commenting on the acquisition, Terry Kelly, President of TA Instruments said, “This acquisition adds powerful technologies which complement TA Instruments’ market leading thermal analysis product line. The combination of TA and Anter technologies and the integration into TA’s worldwide sales and technical support organizations will greatly benefit scientists who need to characterize the thermophysical properties of high temperature materials.” Key products developed by Anter include Laser and Xenon flash systems designed to measure thermal diffusivity and heat capacity of materials up to 2800°C, Dilatometer systems to measure thermal expansion and Guarded Heat Flow meters that measure thermal conductivity of materials in accordance with ASTM standards. Anter systems provide critical information to scientists that develop and characterize ceramics, metals, and glasses for use in a wide range of industries including electronics, energy, and aerospace. For more information, visit: www.tainstruments.com. Aerospace Composite Products is pleased to announce that we are now doing business as ACP Composites Inc. In addition to the new name, we have moved into a new location that facilitates our growing business. Having outgrown the previous location, ACP Composites Inc. has relocated itself to a 37,290sq ft. manufacturing and distribution facility. The facility includes a temperature controlled clean room, 3X the warehouse space, and double the office space. The relocation only effects our address; the phone and email addresses remain the same. We can now be found at 78 Lindbergh Ave, Livermore CA 94551. ACP Composites Inc. president, George Sparr, feels that this facility allows for our future growth and continued expansion. He mentions, “We are looking forward to the opportunities that this expansion will provide in our continued business relationships.” 42 In addition to our state of the art facility, we’ve taken on a new name and a fresh, new image. Aerospace Composite Products is now doing business as ACP Composites, Inc. Our name, ACP Composites Inc., will now be the one you see in industry journal ads, product literature, and in our company correspondence. For more information, visit: www.acpsales.com. NEi Software introduces NEi Nastran in-CAD 2011, an FEA solution delivered in a three-dimensional (3D) environment. With NEi Nastran in-CAD, product design teams can perform FEA preprocessing, analysis and post-processing within the same CAD associative environment. Engineers can use this flexible computer aided-engineering (CAE) solution to work with Nastran data files and perform advanced analysis only available from NEi Software. NEi Nastran in-CAD was developed based on NEi Software’s 20 years of experience integrating the advanced NEi Nastran solvers into industry leading pre- and post-processors and CAD solutions. NEi Nastran in-CAD answers the demand for a CAD associative and scalable FEA solution for small to medium sized companies. Companies who include FEA early in the design cycle can reduce errors, design and testing cycles, time-to-market, and product development costs, increasing return on investment (ROI). For more information, visit: www.nenastran.com/engineeringsoftware/neinastran-incad. IMR Test Labs has earned Nadcap Accreditation for Nonmetallic (composites) Materials Testing. IMR Test Labs provides high-quality materials analysis of composite materials, including physical properties and compositional analysis. Some of the methods offered include: tensile, shear, flex/bend, compression, cross-sectioning, void volume, fiber content and failure analysis. We offer a variety of testing to ASTM, Sikorsky, Boeing and other specifications. Our New York facility carries Nadcap Materials Testing accreditation, A2LA accreditation and numerous approvals from Prime Contractors. For more information, visit: www.imrtest.com/industries_we_ serve/composite-analysis/index.html. Lonza, JFC Technologies and Novoset LLC have announced they have entered into a specialized production and marketing collaboration for Lonza’s High Performance Materials (HPM) business. The collaboration was formed to provide new and improved product solutions to high-tech markets such as aerospace and electronics. Under the agreement JFC Technologies will provide chemical modifications of Lonza‘s Primaset™ and Lonzacure™ product range as identified by Novoset to address market needs. Novoset LLC and Lonza will collaborate with industry innovators, end users, and original equipment manufacturers (OEM) to develop innovative system solutions using Lonza’s products. “We are pleased to enter into this agreement with Novoset LLC and JFC Technologies to accelerate market penetration and growth for Lonza‘s HPM business,” said Ken McMahon, Senior Vice President and Head of Performance Intermediates for Lonza. “Together with Novoset’s market knowledge and JFC’s technical knowledge, we will boost our pipeline for innovative products and applications.” Lonzacure™ are aromatic amines used as chain extender in polyurethanes, epoxy resins and polyurea coating. Primaset™ are cyanate esters used as matrix resins in composites materials. For more information, visit: www.lonza.com. SAMPE Journal, Volume 47, No. 6, November/December 2011 http://www.acpsales.com http://www.webindustries.com/Content/Capabilities/DevelopmentComposites.aspx http://www.webindustries.com/Content/Capabilities/DevelopmentComposites.aspx http://www.nenastran.com/engineeringsoftware/neinastran-incad http://www.nenastran.com/engineeringsoftware/neinastran-incad http://www.imrtest.com/industries_we_serve/composite-analysis/index.html http://www.imrtest.com/industries_we_serve/composite-analysis/index.html http://www.tainstruments.com http://www.lonza.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of SAMPE Journal - November/December 2011

SMPE Journal - November/December 2011
Table of Contents
President’s Message
Technical Director’s Corner
Life Cycle Structural Health Monitoring of Airframe Structures: Strain Mapping Using FBG Sensors
Europe News & Views
SAMPE Europe’s SEICO 2012, Paris
12th Japan International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition – JISSE-12
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SAMPE Proceedings
SAMPE Tech 2012 Call for Papers
Pitch-Catch (Low Frequency) Bondtesters
The SAMPE Foundation
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Materials & Products
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SAMPE Journal Editorial Calender
Welcome SAMPE’s Newest Members
SAMPE 2012
SAMPE 2012 Exhibition
Industry News
SAMPE Asia 2012|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Cost-Effective, Phase-Based Thermography Method for Ultrasonic Investigation of Defects in CFRP Structures
Tech Tidbits
Upcoming SAMPE Events
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Advertiser’s Index
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SAMPE Journal - November/December 2011