TABLE OF CONTENTS MARCH/APRIL 2020 | Vol. 56, No. 2 | www.sampe.org DEPARTMENTS + NEWS 48 2 Technical Director's Corner 42 Welcome SAMPE New Members 44 Industry Announcements 46 Tech Tidbits 47 SAMPE Symposium Additive Manufacturing 48 PAGE Thermoplastic Composites 6 SAMPE Mega Members Engaging and Getting Acquainted 49 SAMPE Conference 20 Amsterdam Cost Effective Thermoplastic Composites in Aerostructures 50 CAMX 2020 | Orlando, FL 51 SAMPE Workshop Tooling Technologies for Composites Manufacturing - A "Hands-On Workshop" FEATURES 16 THERMOPLASTIC 26 34 COMPOSITE BRACKET PANEL DOOR Developing a Hybrid PAEK Overmolded Thermoplastic Composite Bracket Design, Manufacturing & Testing of a Rotorcraft Access Panel Door from Recycled Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polyphenylenesulfide Establishing a Method for Recycling PTFE Waste ROTORCRAFT ACCESS 52 SAMPE Symposium Automated Placement Manufacturing 53 SAMPE Journal Editorial Calendar RECYCLING PTFE WASTE 54 SAMPE 2020 Seattle 56 SAMPE Summit 20 Paris 57 SAMPE China 2020 Beijing 58 Advertiser Index 60 Resource Center 63 SAMPE Membership Application 64 SAMPE Events Calendar JOURNAL ASPECTS: Thermoplastic composites -- a technology and material family that is showing up across numerous markets. The cover, (and page 1) courtesy of Arnt Offringa and Fokker Aerostructures at the GKN Group, demonstrates such leading TP technology. Pictured on the cover is conduction welding of composite frames onto an orthogrid-stiffened fuselage panel demonstrator. This issue includes examples of thermoplastics in numerous forms and applications starting with rotorcraft composite panels using recycled carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic. Thermoplastic "overmolded" composite brackets, utilizing two variant resin systems, demonstrated applications where brackets can be manufactured rapidly. Rapid thermoplastic composite manufacturing across several aerospace markets was explored in another article. Finally, Japanese researchers studied ways to improve recycled PTFE materials in development of novel applications that improved final products. w w w. s a m p e . o r g M A R C H /A P R I L 2 0 2 0 | SAMPE JOURNAL | 1http://www.sampe.org http://www.sampe.org