Research & Development Market Natural fibres 19 41 Graphene Gambling with graphene, will it pay off ? Natural fibres: tending towards optimism 45 Thermal expansion Boeing simulates thermal expansion in composites with expanded metal foil for lightning protection of aircraft structures 20 Technology & Innovations 48 Heating Power transfer in complex shape heated moulds or functional composites 52 Manufacturing Tension control in composites manufacturing 59 42 35 62 Wind energy: an industry always looking for innovation Automation Automation strategies in rotor blade production: preforming vs. direct textile layup 38 Recycling RTM/LCM Fast production epoxies for lightweight automotive composites Advertisers 3A Composites p.61 Airtech p.21 Chemtrend Recycling decommissioned composite wind blades 39 A fully biodegradable flax fibre-reinforced thermoplastic filament for 3D printing 59 WIND ENERGY 3D printing CNC Technics Platform p.9 Emerald p.44 McClean Anderson Velox 36 p.65 Cyclitech JEC Asia 2015 An internet aid for advances in wind turbine blade design Back cover Selcom Zünd No99 September 2015 / Inner Back Cover p.15 p.58 Inner Front Cover p.19 jec composites magazine 7