Composites Weekly

This week Marlo Stradley of Power Blanket joins me on the show to talk about his company and how they are helping manufacturers protect valuable equipment and fluids from freezing and overheating.

Marlo has been with Power Blanket for 6 years and has a 30-year career in the Aerospace industry. He's worked with NASA and other Aersospace customers for composite launch structures. 

On this episode, we'll be discussing how Power Blanket is helping their customers prevent project setbacks and unnecessary costs associated with adverse weather conditions by providing total temperature control.

This week, I welcome Anvesh Gurijala and Kedar Murthy of Boston Materials on the show to talk about their company as well as Supercomp™, a drastically toughened carbon fiber composite that overcomes many of the shortcomings of traditional 2D composites. This new 3D reinforced prepreg features enhanced interlaminar and Z-axis properties that deliver greater performance... The post Overcoming the Limitations of Traditional Composite Materials – Interview with Anvesh Gurijala and Kedar Murthy of Boston Materials appeared first on Composites Weekly.

This week, I welcome Anvesh Gurijala and Kedar Murthy of Boston Materials to talk about their company as well as the Supercomp™, a drastically toughened carbon fiber composite that overcomes many of the shortcomings of traditional 2D composites. This new 3D reinforced prepreg features enhanced interlaminar and Z-axis properties that deliver greater performance and functionality at a low switching cost.

This super composite is formed by coating a standard carbon fiber fabric with milled carbon fibers. The milled fibers are vertically oriented by using a proprietary process. These Z-axis milled fibers mechanically pin the layers of a laminated composite together, drastically increasing the interlaminar fracture toughness.

The structural engineering profession has a history of constant innovation as engineers and researchers strive to increase the safety and performance of buildings, bridges, and towers designed to resist seismic, wind, and gravity forces. On this week’s episode we welcome Dr. Jerome Hajjar on the show. Dr. Hajjar is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering... The post Discussing New Trends For Seismic Engineering of Steel and Composite Structures – Interview with Dr. Jerome Hajjar appeared first on Composites Weekly.

This week, John Cogger joins me on Composites Weekly to discuss the keys to success for composites in new markets like the architectural industry. John is the president of Innova Engineering – a firm that provides engineering services to manufacturers in a variety of industries including medical, aerospace, consumer product industries and the architectural. John has over 25... The post Keys to Success for Composites in the Architectural Markets – Interview with John Cogger of Innova Engineering appeared first on Composites Weekly.

This week we welcome Andrew Mullins and Andy Phillips on the show. Andrew is the president of VISIONknit, a leading technical knitting company based in Toronto, Canada. Andy Phillips is the president of Composite Creations. These companies have worked together to launch the world’s first 3D knitted canoe. The VISIONknit 3D knit canoe provides lightweight,... The post Launching the World’s First 3D Knitted Canoe – Interview with Andrew Mullins and Andy Phillips appeared first on Composites Weekly.

This week we welcome Andrew Mullins and Andy Phillips on the show. Andrew is the president of VISIONknit, a leading technical knitting company based in Toronto, Canada. Andy Phillips is the president of Composite Creations. These companies have worked together to launch the world’s first 3D knitted canoe.

The VISIONknit 3D knit canoe provides lightweight, sustainable construction, at a competitive price point using a patent-pending hybrid Kevlar-polyester material, called KR18. 

This new technology has potential in many other composites industry applications as well and we'll be discussing these on the show. 

Along with the savings on production time, there is also a reduction in material waste by knitting pre-shaped parts, eliminating labor costs in a traditional layup process. 

This week, I welcome Douglas Griffin on the show. Doug is the co-founder and president of Modern Recovery Systems. He’s responsible for designing and manufacturing custom machinery to process difficult to recycle materials. Their focus is on the extraction of carbon fibers from finished composites, including laminates, trimmings, tooling, R&D and end-of-life components. These recovered carbon... The post Recovering Carbon Fiber from Finished Composites – Interview with Douglas Griffin appeared first on Composites Weekly.

This week, we welcome Michael Tate (COO) and Matt Villarreal (CEO) of Infinite Composite Technologies. Infinite Composites Technologies (ICT) is an AS9100D & ISO9001:2015 certified company that designs, develops, and manufactures advanced gas storage systems for aerospace, industrial gas and transportation applications. The Company was founded in 2010 to revolutionize the way pressurized gases are... The post Revolutionizing the Way Pressurized Gases are Stored – Interview with Michael Tate & Matt Villarreal of Infinite Composites Technologies appeared first on Composites Weekly.

On this episode, we welcome Matt Giaraffa on the show to talk about his company Guerrilla Gravity, a mountain bike manufacturing company whose design philosophy centers around a high level of refinement and focus on efficiency. They create bikes that are built to last, and are easy to work on. When the Guerrilla Gravity team went to... The post How Guerrilla Gravity’s Revved Carbon Technology is Disrupting the Mountain Biking Industry appeared first on Composites Weekly.