CW Talks: The Composites Podcast

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CW Talks: The Composites Podcast

CW Talks: The Composites Podcast is a biweekly podcast that highlights the people and technologies shaping the world of composites. Interviews feature guests with expertise and insight about where composites have been and where they are headed.

  1. SEP 23

    Episode 48: Richard Apps, Counterpoint Market Intelligence

    CompositesWorld's Carbon Fiber Conference is just around the corner, scheduled for October 8-10 in Charleston, S.C. In this episode of CW Talks, we hear from Richard Apps of Counterpoint Marketing Intelligence as he offers a preview of what Carbon Fiber Conference attendees can expect from his Wednesday Oct 9 keynote address on the "Outlook for Carbon Fiber in Aerostructures." For more information about the Carbon Fiber Conference agenda or for registration information vist carbonfiberevent.com.

    8 min

  2. AUG 28

    Episode 47: Celebrating National Composites Week - Interviews with Christopher Mims, Wall Street Journal; Joe Brennan, Joby Aviation

    August 26-30, 2024 is National Composites Week. The theme of this year's NCW is "Composites Reinvent the World." In this episode of CW Talks we interview Christopher Mims, technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal and Joe Brennan, manufacturing lead – composites, Joby Aviation. Join us for this exciting discussion of how composites are reshaping the world around us particularly in the mobility/transportation sectors.

    30 min

  3. AUG 12

    Episode 46: CAMX Celebrates 10 Years - An Interview with Cindy Squires, president/CEO, ACMA and Rebekah Stacha, CEO, SAMPE

    CAMX, North America’s largest event dedicated to composites and advanced materials, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Brought to you by American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) and The Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE), CAMX 2024 takes place Sept. 9-12 in San Diego, Calif. In this episode, CW Talks caught up with Cindy Squires, the president and CEO of ACMA  and Rebekah Stacha, the chief executive office of SAMPE, to talk about how CAMX has evolved over the past decade, the important trends in the industry and what's in store for attendees.

    25 min

  4. MAY 3

    Episode 45: Scott Reeve; Corey Sechler, Creative Composites Group, Discuss Composites Use in Bridges and Infrastructure

    Infrastructure in the U.S., particularly, the deterioration of a number of bridges in the country has been in large topic of discussion in recent years, with the bipartisan infrastructure law designating nearly $400 billion in infrastructure investments, with around $40 billion of that earmarked for bridge repair. The recent collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland due to a shipping container accident, sparked a new round of discussion about bridge repairs. In this installment of CW Talks, CompositesWorld interviews fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites manufacturer Creative Composites Group’s business development manager Scott Reeve and sales manager of waterfront solutions Corey Sechler about the company’s use of composite materials in infrastructure rehabilitation projects, including bridges and waterfront structures.

    31 min

  5. FEB 16

    Episode 44: Andy West, Sonichem

    Sustainability has become an increasingly important topic for the composites industry, with increasing demand, especially from OEMs, for sustainable business practices. Sustainability includes many areas of focus with one important area being the use of biomaterials. In this installment of CW Talks, we interview Dr Andy West, chief chemist with Sonichem, about the company’s unique process for converting biomass into lignin, as well as other biomaterials of interest for composites manufacturing.

    15 min

  6. 11/29/2023

    Episode 43: Emphasizing the recycling of wind blades

    The recycling of composite wind blades from wind turbines is a topic of much debate in the composites community and in sustainable energy discussions. In the latest episode of CW Talks, we explore a new approach aimed at the reclaim and upcycling of some of these materials when the wind blade reaches its end of life. Professor Alan Banks, innovation and industrial engagement supervisor at Ford Motor Company’s Dunton Technical Center in the UK, discusses Ford’s involvement with the EMPHASIZING project, a UK consortium working to develop a material from recycled glass fiber with mechanical properties superior to virgin glass, but at a price point lower than carbon fiber.

    19 min

  7. 09/27/2023

    Episode 42: Jeff Sloan, CompositesWorld

    This episode of CW Talks coincides with the 30th anniversary of the CompositesWorld brand. The first issue of High-Performance Composites, one of two magazines that would eventually merge into CW magazine, debuted in September of 1993. As part of CW’s anniversary celebration, we sat down with CW publisher and brand vice president Jeff Sloan to hear about the history of the magazine, its place in the industry and some of the industry milestones of the past few decades.

    25 min

  8. 08/10/2023

    Episode 41: Chase Hogoboom, T.J. Perrotti, Composite Energy Technologies Inc.

    In the wake of the loss of the OceanGate Titan submersible, there was much discussion and speculation about the materials used to manufacture the vehicle. Many pointed to the use of carbon-fiber as a potential source of failure, yet there has been a good deal of success in the use of the material for undersea applications including pressure vessels and unmanned submersibles.  In this episode of CW Talks, we sit down with two representatives from Composite Energy Technologies Inc., a Bristol, RI based company that manufactures a wide range of composite structures from racing sailboats to architectural designs to theme park ride vehicles to defense applications including deep-sea submersibles.  Chase Hogoboom, president and TJ Perrotti, senior Naval architect and chief design engineer discuss their experience working with the U.S. Navy on submersible designs and the rigorous testing that goes into the use of carbon fiber for undersea applications.

    27 min
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