SAMPE Journal - September/October 2013 - (Page 1)

Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering SAMPE Journal September/October 2013, Vol. 49, No. 5 www.sampe.org Feature Articles Columns 2 President’s Message 5 Technical Director’s Corner 26 Europe News & Views 46 Perspectives Departments 14 Welcome SAMPE’s Newest Members 18 SAMPE Proceedings Page 7 Manufacturing Overview of a 2.4 Meter (7.9 Foot) Composite Cryotank 20 Corporate Partners 23 SAMPE On-Site Training Seminars 24 CAMX–The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo 28 SAMPE Europe’s SETEC 13 Wuppertal, Germany 30 Tech Tidbits 42 Materials & Products 44 SAMPE Tech 2013|Wichita, KS 58 The SAMPE Foundation Page 32 Thermoplastic Composites Technologies for Manufacturing Nose Fuselage Structures 59 SAMPE Tech 2014|Call for Papers 60 Industry News 62 Advertiser’s Index 63 SAMPE Journal Editorial Calender 64 Resource Center 70 Membership Application 71 SAMPE Proceedings Order Form 72 Industry Events Calendar Page 48 High Temperature RTM370 Polyimide Composites Fabricated by RTM: Characterization and Impact Testing Follow SAMPE on: 72 Chapter Contacts About the Cover This issue’s cover shows a 2.4m cryotank fabricated using an out-of-autoclave Cytec 5320-1/Hexcel IM7 thermoset prepreg resin system (photos courtesy Janicki Industries and The Boeing Company) for NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (upper photos). The lower set of photos illustrates the EADS France Innovation Works applying Cytec thermoplastic APC/Hexcel AS4 slit tape using robotic machines to develop carbon fiber aircraft fuselage structures, some of which contain lightning strike materials. (Photos courtesy EADS). SAMPE Journal, USPS (518-510) is published seven times a year (Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept., Nov.), with the annual Membership Directory published in the fall, by SAMPE®, 1161 Park View Drive, Suite 200, Covina, CA 91724-3759. Phone: +1 626.331.0616, Fax: +1 626.332.8929. Periodicals postage paid at Covina, CA and additional mailing office. (ISSN0091-1062) Postmaster: Send address changes to SAMPE Journal: 1161 Park View Drive, Suite 200, Covina, CA 91724-3759. ©2013 by SAMPE. All rights reserved. None of this publication may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. Printed in the USA. SAMPE Journal, Volume 49, No. 5, September/October 2013 1 http://www.sampe.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of SAMPE Journal - September/October 2013

SAMPE Journal - September/October 2013
Contents
President’s Message
Technical Director’s Corner
Manufacturing Overview of a 2.4 Meter (7.9 Foot) Composite Cryotank
Welcome SAMPE’s Newest Members
SAMPE Proceedings
Corporate Partners
SAMPE On-Site Training Seminars
CAMX–The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo
Europe News & Views
SAMPE Europe’s SETEC 13 Wuppertal, Germany
Tech Tidbits
Thermoplastic Composites Technologies for Manufacturing Nose Fuselage Structures
Materials & Products
SAMPE Tech 2013|Wichita, KS
Perspectives
High Temperature RTM370 Polyimide Composites Fabricated by RTM: Characterization and Impact Testing
The SAMPE Foundation
SAMPE Tech 2014|Call for Papers
Industry News
Advertiser’s Index
SAMPE Journal Editorial Calender
Resource Center
Membership Application
SAMPE Proceedings Order Form
Industry Events Calendar
Chapter Contacts

SAMPE Journal - September/October 2013