#composites, #orthopedics, #medicaldevices, #hipreplacement, #fibers, #resins Hello everyone, I’m back for my first post in 2026.  I hope everyone had a great holiday and is ready to start this year strong – I know I am.  I’m gong to diverge a bit from the sustainability rant that I have been on for the last several months and talk a bit about composites in orthopedics and how composite materials are replacing metals – especially titanium – in orthopedics, both the implanted

#composites, #fiberglass, #structural_shapes, #construction, #composites_in_construction In this last post of 2025, I wanted to complete what I started last week and talk about fiberglass being used for structure in the construction industry.  Specifically I want to chat a bit about the evolution of what we have today as standard structural shapes as well as where these products are beginning to replace steel in construction. Fiberglass Roof Truss System Made Using Strongwell

#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #end_of_life_composites, #thermolysis This week I’m going to make my newsletter just a bit shorter than what I did last week with all of the pictures of sailboats that use recycled or natural fibers for primary structure.  There are a couple of fairly newsworthy things that have happened just in the last few weeks that I want to focus on this week.  And I want to also let everyone know that I am going to take a couple of weeks off wri

#composites, #sustainability, #basaltfiber, #basalt, #fibers I have been seeing some interesting posts lately about the application of basalt fibers to all manner of composite material products and parts.  I had not thought much about it until a recent post in Composites World (11/10/2025) talked about a new replacement for steel rebar made from basalt fibers.  For those of you that aren’t rock people or that did not grow up in a part of the country where there were volcanoes

#composites, #sustainability, #carbonfiber, #microwaves, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy I have written about this topic before, but...

#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins I gave my paper at the International Conference on...

#composites, #sustainability, #carbonfiber, #SAMPE2025, #compositesindustry As promised with my last post, I was at SAMPE in Indianapolis...

#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibermanufacture, #resinmanufacture This week I thought I would touch...

#composites, #vinylgroup, #styrene, #acrylics, #polyvinylchloride, #resins This week I’m going to finish the polyester/epoxy resin part...

#composites, #foreverchemicals, #toxicity, #carbonfiber, #petroleumbased As promised from last week, this is part 1 of a multi-part...

#composites, #musicalinstruments, #guitars, #sustainability, #biobased, #naturalfiber Over the holiday break I picked my guitar back up...

#composites, #sustainability, #precisionfermentation, #biobased, #plantbased Ever since I was introduced to this topic I have been...

#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased My last few posts about sustainability...

#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #recycling, #recycledfiber, #carbonfiber This week I wanted to talk a little bit about...

#composites, #sustainability, #naturalfiber, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #boeing, #airbus, #plantbased I saw an article this month in...

#composites, #robots, #fiberplacement, #fibers, #bigmachines I’m going to take a short break from sustainability this week because I saw...

#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased This week I’m going to provide a bit of a preview...

#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased I saw an article in Composites World about...

#composites, #fibers, #resins, #marine, #seawater_exposure, #deep_ocean, #UUV, #USV, #sailboat_race, #fast_boats, #sailboat, #power_boat,...

#composites, #fibers, #resins, #structures, #I_beams, #square_tubing, #carbon_composites, #glass_composites, #rectangular_tubing,...