CompositesWorld
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COLUMNS 4 From the Editor CW editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan returns from three trade shows with a new appreciation for the enormity of composites change over the past two decades. 6 Past, Present and Future Guest columnist Lou Dorworth says the wind and auto industries can learn much from the aerospace industry in this composites repair commentary. 8 Perspectives & Provocations IACMI's Dale Brosius observes that in the already fast-changing composites industry, there is good reason to expect the pace of innovation to pick up. 10 Gardner Business Index Gardner Business Media's Steve Kline, Jr., reports the GBI Composites Index through the month of September 2016. » DEPARTMENTS 12 Trends 39 Calendar 40 Applications 41 New Products 42 Marketplace 42 Ad Index » ON THE COVER At the BMW 7 Series production facilities in Dingolfing, Germany, BMW's composites engineers have developed wet compression molding, or wet pressing, to speed CFRP production. Here, flat noncrimp fabric stacks that have been coated with epoxy resin await transfer by overhead robotic arms to the wet press mold for processing. Read more on p. 24. Source / BMW AG FOCUS ON DESIGN 44 Composites Enable Portability in Driving Simulator FRP design enables portable, light-tight, enclosure with an image-projection-grade inner surface. By Sara Black CompositesWorld (ISSN 2376-5232) is published monthly and copyright © 2016 by Gardner Business Media Inc. 6915 Valley Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45244- 3029. Telephone: (513) 527-8800. Printed in U.S.A. Periodicals postage paid at Cincinnati, OH and additional mailing offices. All rights reserved. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to CompositesWorld Magazine, 6915 MEMBERSHIPS: Valley Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45244-3029. If undeliverable, send Form 3579. CANADA POST: Canada Returns to be sent to IMEX Global Solutions, PO Box 25542, London, ON N6C 6B2 Canada. Publications Mail Agreement #40612608. The information presented in this edition of CompositesWorld is believed to be accurate. In applying recommendations, however, you should exercise care and normal precautions to prevent personal injury and damage to facilities or products. In no case can the authors or the publisher accept responsibility for personal injury or damages which may occur in working with methods and/or materials presented herein, nor can the publisher assume responsibility for the validity of claims or performance of items appearing in editorial presentations or advertisements in this publication. Contact information is provided to enable interested parties to conduct further inquiry into specific products or services. FE ATURES 24 CW Plant Tour: BMW Group, Dingolfing, Germany CFRP has gone mainstream at automaker BMW's (Munich, Germany) highly automated, busiest and largest manufacturing site in Europe, where BMW has spent more than a half-billion euros to bring its multi-material BIW for its new 7 Series model to life. CW recently toured the 7 Series plant for a look at how 16 CFRP parts, each made by one of four technologies, are combined with aluminum and steel components to form what BMW engineers have dubbed the Carbon Core. By Ginger Gardiner 32 Inside Manufacturing: Fast-Build Construction with Composites A supplier of a variety of products into the automotive, wind energy, agribusiness, general industrial and construction markets in its native country, Brazilian composites manufacturer MVC Plasticos (São José dos Pinhais) is fast making an international mark, exporting a modular wall system made from composites that can deliver affordable homes, schools and daycare centers in a fraction of the time required for conven- tional construction. By Ginger Gardiner 32 24 12 41 CompositesWorld.com 1 NOVEMBER 2016 / Vol: 2 N o – : 11 TABLE OF CONTENTS