Carbon Fibers
BAC launches graphene-enhanced carbon fiber intensive supercar
Briggs Automotive Company’s Mono R is the first production car in the world to fully incorporate the use of graphene-enhanced carbon fiber in every body panel.
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BEL launches new composites manufacturing and testing facility in Mumbai
New BEL facility to design and manufacture components using glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) and carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites.
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SGL's Jürgen Köhler resigns in wake of July underperformance
SGL says counter-measures will be required and restructuring is being considered, and it plans to publish new guidance after completing the new Group plan.
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AFRL, Boeing, Thermwood partner to develop low-cost, autoclave-capable tooling
The project is using Thermwood’s vertical, large-scale 3D printer to build a carbon fiber-reinforced demonstrator tool for an aircraft fuselage skin.
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Episode 27: Ryan Olliges & Jaysen Harris, Elevated Materials
Elevated Materials’ CEO Ryan Olliges and CTO Jaysen Harris discuss the company’s mission and unique approach to keeping carbon fiber out of the landfill.
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Advancing additive manufacturing to exploit anisotropy
Anisoprint posits continuous fiber composites, not metals, as the material for optimized AM structures.
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Consumer electronics: hybrid composite covers
Study demonstrates feasibility of thermoplastic composites, high-speed production process.
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Highlights: Composites Convention 2019
Highlights from the Composites Convention 2019, June 12-13, in Stade, Germany, organized by CFK Valley e.V. and Carbon Composites e.V, and the German Aerospace Center’s 5th Colloquium on Production Technology, on May 15, in Augsburg.
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SGL Carbon and Elbe Flugzeugwerke extend contract
SGL Carbon will continue supplying carbon fiber prepregs for the Airbus A350 cabin’s floor panels until the end of 2020.
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Injection-forming for high-performance, unitized thermoplastic structures
Combining braided tape, overmolding and form-locking, herone produces one-piece, high-torque gear-driveshaft as demonstrator for broad range of applications.
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