Carbon Fibers

Automotive

Clemson University researcher works to close the gap on composite costs

Rising prices for steel and aluminum could make composite materials more attractive for automotive manufacturing.

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AFRL pushes limits of polymer additive manufacturing

Air Force Research Laboratory research team has successfully printed the highest-temperature capable, reinforced polymer composite parts.

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Carbon Fibers

METYX announces new technical textiles manufacturing facility

New production site will manufacture a range of glass and carbon fabrics for the North American composites market.

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Focus on Design

Wood/carbon composites for architecture

Innovative organic architecture enabled with wood/carbon laminates, software tools.

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Space

Humanity Star satellite to begin early descent

Reflective carbon fiber satellite’s brief mission of “making people look up” will come to an end earlier than expected.

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Aerospace

High Eye HEF32 UAV helicopter on track

Thanks to the carbon fibre components from Refitech, High Eye’s new HEF32 AUV helicopter completes successful test performance.

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Glass Fibers

Continuous fiber thermoplastics are smart for world’s largest appliance manufacturer

Haier uses Covestro CFRTP in Casarte line of “smart” air conditioners

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Carbon Fibers

Swinburne 4.0 test lab to feature Fill's multilayer printing technology

The centrepiece of Swinburne’s testlab is the world’s first industrial scale 3D printing “multilayer” approach to carbon fibre composite manufacture developed by Fill.

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Medical

Covestro begins commercial production of CFRTP

Covestro announces it will begin commercial production of its lightweight, high-strength continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite material.

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Aerospace

GE performs first test flight for GE9X engine

100,000 pound thrust class engine features a composite fan case and 16 fourth generation carbon fiber composite fan blades.

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