Restorative dentistry aims to bring damaged dentition back to acceptable functional and aesthetic levels (see Figure 1). Composite materials for dental fillings are replacing amalgam alloys due to ...

Fig. 1. Strip-type deformation sensors. One ply of cured carbon fiber/epoxy prepreg to be monitored is used as a thin, flexible sheet with optical fibers — one embedded in the upper surface and one in ...

Around 34% of greenhouse gas emissions are from making products* and a growing proportion of those are from composites. Understanding the impact of manufacturing and using that to inform decisions is ...

In a collaborative project with the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT, Aachen, Germany) and robotized winding systems company Taniq (Rotterdam, Netherlands), a new measuring head ...

insights from industryStephan Botzki & Ian McEnteggartSenior Applications Engineer - Composites Market ManagerInstron In this interview, industry experts Stephan Botzki and Ian McEnteggart, senior ...

Whether as mobile tanks for gas or hydrogen, or as stationary storage tanks: Great expectations are associated with pressure vessels made of fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) and their role for key ...

June 22, 2010 — Adherence to surgical care improvement measured by a composite infection prevention score, but not by individual measures, was linked to a lower probability of postoperative infection, ...