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Welcome to dark matter composites blog

Here at Dark Matter composites we get all sorts of questions. Some are about our courses, some are technical questions & some are just funny (or at least Quite Interesting). We've now put a FAQ page on our website, so it seemed a good place to start for our first blog.

Composite terms & consistencies

18/9/2015

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Composite terminology

There are so many composite terms that we use regularly, but sometimes we come across terms which confuse us or we question here at DMC (or we are emailed about!)
So we thought we'd share some with you.

Firstly one of the easiest ways to wind up anyone from a textile background, now working in composites, is to talk about weave structures and crimping.  Especially balanced and un-balanced twills, satins and sateens. 

Could we all please agree that weave structures were named before they were used for composites and the textile people are right. (Yes I'm a textile person & highly biased, but that's the beauty of being the blog author this week, engineers turn next).

Find out why this should be important by reading more:

We understand that companies may use their own terms. As long as those staff stay at that company and all understand the meanings of those terms (in their workplace) then this makes sense. The problem arises when documents come from elsewhere, if you are talking on the phone to a contractor/supplier, if a new person arrives, or if experienced people from elsewhere get confused.  Wouldn't it be easier if we tried to use correct terms where we can & document those which are unique to you?

This may seem really obvious, but we regularly come across staff from the same company who do use different terms from their colleagues and aren't aware of it.  Maybe a pop quiz at work is the answer!

If you would like to brush up on some general textile knowledge,  this is a simple, user friendly guide you might like to look at.
:http://makeworks.co.uk/blog/guide-to-weaving

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17/2/2021 07:45:37 pm

Hi great reading yoour blog

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