SAMPE Journal - May/June 2012 - (Page 1)

Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Columns 2 5 12 20 42 President’s Message Technical Director’s Corner Perspectives Europe News & Views SAMPE LinkedIn Communities SAMPE Feature Articles Page 7 Journal May/June 2012, Vol. 48, No. 3 www.sampe.org Departments 17 19 22 18 24 25 26 37 38 40 43 46 48 49 2012 SAMPE Lubin Award 2012 SAMPE Fellows SAMPE Europe’s SEMAT 2012, Munich SAMPE Europe’s SETEC 2012, Lucerne The SAMPE Foundation SAMPE Journal Editorial Calender SAMPE Proceedings Corporate Partners Welcome SAMPE’s Newest Members Materials & Products SAMPE Tech 2012|Charleston, SC Industry News Tech Tidbits SAMPE 2013|Long Beach Call for Papers SAMPE 2012|Baltimore SAMPE 2012 Exhibition SAMPE Asia 2012 Review and Photos SAMPE Books & CD’s Order Form SAMPE 2012 Exhibitors SAMPE 2012 Exhibitor Listings Advertiser’s Index Resource Center Membership Application Improving Mechanical Performance of Automotive Underbody Shield with Unidirectional Tapes in Compression-Molded Direct-Long Fiber Thermoplastics (D-LFT) Page 28 Co-molded, Metallic Components for Thermal Barrier Protection in RTM Composite Valves for Internal Combustion Engines 50 51 52 53 56 58 90 92 99 NEW SAMPE Journal Column! 100 Industry Events Calendar 100 Chapter Meetings Dates and Contacts Perspectives See page 44. It’s All Material: Identifying and Anticipating the Needs of the Next Age (global?) This month’s cover features several unique automotive structures and parts fabricated from Celstran® LFRT glass-fiber reinforced polypropylene longfiber thermoplastic advanced composites. Clockwise: center console, front end module, instrument panel, front end door module and front end. Photos courtesy of Ticona. About the Cover Correction to the March-April 2012, Vol. 48, No. 2 issue Feature Article entitled “Butt-joined, Thermoplastic Stiffened-skin Concept Development”. Figure 5 (page 8) incorrectly attributed the A400M thermoplastic floor panel to Airbus. While the panel is used on the Airbus A400M aircraft, the fabricated floor panel was made by DaherSocata at their Nantes, France plant for Airbus. Daher-Socata both produces and assembles the floor panel structure. Correction SAMPE Journal, USPS (518-510) is published seven times a year (Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept., Nov.), with the annual Membership Directory published in the fall, by SAMPE®, 1161 Park View Drive, Suite 200, Covina, CA 91724-3759. Phone: +1 626.331.0616, Fax: +1 626.332.8929. Periodicals postage paid at Covina, CA and additional mailing office. (ISSN0091-1062) Postmaster: Send address changes to SAMPE Journal: 1161 Park View Drive, Suite 200, Covina, CA 91724-3759. ©2012 by SAMPE. All rights reserved. None of this publication may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. Printed in the USA. SAMPE Journal, Volume 48, No. 3, May/June 2012 1 http://www.sampe.org http://www.sampe.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of SAMPE Journal - May/June 2012

SAMPE Journal - May/June 2012
Contents
President’s Message
Technical Director’s Corner
Improving mechanical Performance of Automotive Underbody Shield with Unidirectional Tapes in Compression-Molded Direct-Long Fiber Thermoplastics (D-LFT)
2012 SAMPE Lubin Award
SAMPE Europe’s SETEC 2012, Lucerne
2012 SAMPE Fellows
Europe News & Views
SAMPE Europe’s SEMAT 2012, Munich
The SAMPE Foundation
SAMPE Journal Editorial Calender
SAMPE Proceedings
Co-molded, Metallic components for Thermal Barrier Protection in TRM Composite Valves for Internal Combustion Engines
Corporate Partners
Welcome SAMPE’s Newest Members
Materials & Products
SAMPE LinkedIn Communities
SAMPE Tech 2012|Charleston, SC
Perspectives
Industry News
Tech Tidbits
SAMPE 2013|Long Beach Call for Papers
SAMPE 2012|Baltimore
SAMPE 2012 Exhibition
SAMPE Asia 2012 Review and Photos
SAMPE Books & CD’s Order Form
SAMPE 2012 Exhibitors
SAMPE 2012 Exhibitor Listings
Advertiser’s Index
Resource Center
Membership Application
Industry Events Calendar
Chapter Meetings Dates and Contacts

SAMPE Journal - May/June 2012