Carbon Fibers

Consumer

Solico designs carbon fiber yacht for Aeolos Composites

Carbon fiber materials were a key part of the P30’s design, which Solico says minimized weight and produced a light, fast yacht.

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Carbon Fibers

What makes a CW Top Shop?

With three years of surveys accumulated, the CW Top Shops data tell us much about the strengths of high-performing composites fabricators. 

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Recycling

FAIRMAT startup looks to develop disruptive technologies for recycling carbon fiber

€8.6 million has been raised so far to industrialize a proprietary technology to save 4,000 tons of recycled material annually and repurpose it into value-added products.

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Wind/Energy

Designing for automated composites manufacturing of low-volume aerostructures

The commercial aerospace industry is heavily focused on design for efficient high-rate manufacturing, but there is still need for automated, affordable fabrication of low-rate aerostructures.

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Automotive

Chevy unveils the 2023 Corvette Z06

The 670-horsepower vehicle continues to make headway aesthetically and performance-wise with composite wheels, wing and aero bits.

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Anisoprint, Bosch Rexroth join forces for industrial continuous fiber AM capabilities

Anisoprint’s first generation of industrial printers, PROM IS 500, is powered by Bosch Rexroth’s MTX, a tried-and-proven CNC system for industrial 3D printing technologies.

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Automotive

AOC, Zoltek, Astar develop novel CF-SMC for high-performance automotive parts on an industrial scale

The combination of Zoltek’s low-cost split-tow fiber and Daron SMC resin from AOC and Astar produces CF-SMC with enhanced mechanical properties, low part emissions, cost efficiency and design freedom.

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Carbon Fibers

Xenia Materials introduces Xecarb thermoplastic composites to Bft SpA swing gate motors

Xecarb 17 thermoplastic composites enhance industrial applications’ durability, reliability and high performance.

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Shanghai Electric launches 11-MW, direct-drive offshore turbine with 102-meter blades using carbon fiber

Able to withstand high temperatures, earthquakes and typhoons, the SEW11.0-208 platform mark another breakthrough, in addition to the launched S120, S89 and S90 composite wind blades.

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Prepregs

Teijin boosts heat-resistant carbon fiber prepreg production

Renegade Materials Corp., its U.S. subsidiary, is expanding its prepreg production capacity by approximately 2.5 times to meet advanced aerospace solutions and industrial applications.

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