January / February 2012 issue of the SAMPE Journal:
About the Cover.....
Highly flexible hot melt prepreg pilot machine for development work for cutting edge prepreg manufacturing. Prepregs can be used to make parts for automated manufacturing of sporting goods to aerospace quality prepregs. Photo courtesy of C. A. Litzler Co., Inc.
Features
In-Process Fiber Orientation Measurement and Foreign Object Damage (FOD) Prevention for Complex Preform or Prepreg Lay-ups: K. Hazra, University of Bristol, UK
S. Blake, Assembly Guidance Systems, Inc., Chelmsford, MA USA; K. Potter and M. Wisnom, University of Bristol, UK
New Processes for Large Scale Automotive Production of Composite Applications: Dr.-Ing. Marcus Schuck, Jacob Plastics GmbH, Wilhelmsdorf, Germany
NEW SAMPE Journal Column!
PERSPECTIVES - The World of the Future: What is SAMPE's Material Contribution? - See Page 12