Accelerate growth of the composite industry by standardized quality management based on the successful model of welding and adhesive bonding technology - DIN spec composites

What can the composite industry learn from welding and adhesive bonding technology? When these joining technologies emerged, they were first mistrusted, since the load bearing capacity cannot at 100 % be tested in a non-destructive way after the joining process. However, both technologies are today accepted as trustworthy technologies. One of the crucial points that led to the success of these technologies was the implementation of a standardized technology-specific quality management system from an early stage. There are a lot of similarities between the mentioned processes and the manufacturing and repair of composite materials. However for composite materials there is a big gap between universal standards such as ISO 9001 and very specific standards e.g. for individual test methods. Against this background a cross-industry standard for the quality assurance during manufacturing and repair of composite materials is proposed to increase acceptance of composite materials in more application areas.