This new model is the first Scorpion RIB in the standard production range to switch from hand lay-up to a vacuum infusion process using automated resin mixing and dispensing. The nine metre long ...

Luxury fiberglass catamaran boatbuilder Mattia (Lecco, Italy), recently launched the Mattia 60, an ocean-going sailing catamaran, designed to offer greater speed and maneuvrability. After extensive ...

At one time, 3D woven preforms were considered experimental and exotic. In the early 1990s, a novel process of manufacturing thick, integral three-dimensional (3D) orthogonal woven fabrics was ...

In 2003, Rodman conducted its first hull lamination for a Rodman 870 by means of vacuum infusion technique. From that date onwards, the Shipyard has carried out further research in this process ...

The use of the resin infusion process has grown significantly in the 25 years since fiberglass boatbuilder/composite materials distributor Seemann Composites (Gulfport, Miss.) introduced SCRIMP ...