Volume 2, Issue 1

Summer/Autumn 1999

• Page 1

  CAPCE Updates

  Microfabrication Equipment Award, New CAPCE Member,

  Upcoming IAB Meetings, New Research Projects,

  CAPCE Members, Snap-Fit Seminar

   

• Page 2

  Thrust Area Update: Thermoplastic Processing

  Feature Project: Supercritical Fluid Assisted Polymer Blending

   

• Page 3

  Thrust Area Update: Thermoplastic Processing

  Gas-Assisted Injection Molding Technology, SMC Compression

  Molding and In-Mold Coating Simulation, PVC Degradation

  during Injection Molding, Compounding and Processing of

  Nanocomposites, Elimination of Flow Marks During Injection

  Molding, Production of Continuous Microcellular Foam,

  Analysis of De-Airing Process in Automobile Winshield Manufacturing

   

• Page 4

  Thrust Area Update: Thermoset Polymers and

  Composite Manufacturing

  Feature Project: Tackification of Textile Fiber Preforms

  in RTM and High Temperature SCRIMP

   

• Page 5

  Thrust Area Update: Thermoset Polymers and

  Composite Manufacturing

  Resin Injection Pultrusion, Moldability and Properties of Unsaturated

  Polyester and Vinylester Resin Based Composites Cured at Low

  Temperatures, Shrinkage Control of Unsaturated Polyester and

  Vinylester Resins Cured at Low Temperatures, Resin Injection/

  Compression Molding (RI/CM) Study based on Directed Fiber

  Preforming, Binder/Sizing Applications for Glass Fiber Rovings

  and Preforms, Fiber Wetting in Sheet Molding Compound (SMC)

  Formation (Thrust Area continued on Page 7)

   

• Page 6

  Thrust Area Update: Integral Attachment Program

  Feature Article: Plastic Gear Process Modeling and Manufacturing

   

• Page 7

  Thrust Area Update: Integral Attachment Program

  Issues in the Assembly of Snap-Fit Features: Pneumatic and

  Manual, An Accelerated Aging Test Method for Tire Rubber

  Compounds, Solvent-less Pre-pregs for Electronic Applications,

  New CAPCE Reports

   

• Page 8

  More CAPCE Updates

  Introducing CAPCE Researchers, Videotape Available