Carbon Fibers
What will be the next major iteration in carbon fiber?
A consultant and the president of Dayton, Ohio-based Quickstep Composites, the U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Quickstep Technologies (Bankstown Airport, New South Wales), Dale Brosius surveys the carbon fiber horizon for signs of what carbon fiber types will be pre-eminent.
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Vibration-canceling composite technology
Materials Sciences Corp.'s new product might be a solution for aircraft interiors noise and shock mitigating boat hulls?
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Are LFRT composites key to auto adoption?
Long carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastics don't pack the punch of continuous carbon fiber, but they might help spread use of composites in automotive.
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Voith to introduce new composites for rail
German innovator offers lightweight while the U.K. “is at materials crossroad” for High Speed Rail 2 set to start construction in 2017.
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The reality of carbon fiber for the auto industry today
Greg Rucks, a manager in the transportation practice at composites think tank Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI, Snowmass, Colo.), sees realistic pathways for carbon fiber incursion in to the automotive passenger car market.
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Large-tow carbon fiber's popularity speaks volumes
Cytec's decision this week to seek an acrylic supply for large-tow carbon fiber manufacturing is only the latest effort by a carbon fiber supplier to position itself to serve the automotive industry.
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VX-1 KittyHawk first flight video
Successful first flight test matches computer predictions and enables virtual testing of next refinements.
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Composites steady radio telescope reflector
Precise carbon fiber-reinforced dish prototype could be the model for as many as 2,500 telescopes in the Square Kilometre Array.
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All-composite ROTORwing prototype UAV
Composites enable construction, and handle unique VTOL loads, of unmanned aerial vehicles’ helicopter-to-airplane conversion.
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ORNL demonstrates 3-D printing with carbon fiber
Oak Ridge National Laboratory can print carbon fiber reinforced parts from 10 cm in size up to 2.4m in both lab and production settings at its Carbon Fiber Technology Facility.
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