Carbon Fiber

Carbon Fiber

Carbon fiber reinforced polymers are advanced composite materials used in a wide range of applications, from aerospace to automotive to sports equipment. When bound with plastic polymer resin, carbon fiber creates a composite material that is extremely strong, durable and lightweight and can be found in many forms, including fabrics, tubes and tows.

Branch Technology Prints Massive 3-D Printed Composite Structure in Nashville

Branch Technology has erected what it claims is the world’s largest 3-D printed structure (20 feet tall and stretches 42 feet wide) for Nashville, Tenn.’s OneC1TY neighborhood. While some may dispute the...

Magna Wins Big at SPE for Automotive Composite Innovation

This month, Magna collected three first-place awards at the 2018 Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive Awards gala in Dusseldorf, Germany. In recognition of its innovative lightweighting efforts...

Airbus BelugaXL Completes Maiden Flight

Last week, the first of five Airbus BelugaXL aircraft to fly landed at Toulouse-Blagnac, France after successfully completing its first flight lasting four hours and 11 minutes. The BelugaXL program was...

AREVO Unveils First 3-D Printed Carbon-Fiber eBike

Last week, AREVO, a leader in software-controlled additive manufacturing technology, announced the launch of its eBike - the world’s first battery-assisted bike using a 3-D carbon fiber frame. On the heels...

First Boeing 777X Test Aircraft Reach Low-Rate Initial Production Line

Last week, Boeing released images of the first two Boeing 777X test aircraft on the final assembly line at its plant, in Everett, Wash. Engineers have attached the first fuselage barrels for the first two...

New System from UMaine Can Build a Bridge Span in 3 Days

Last week, the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center unveiled a rapidly deployable bridge system that utilizes composite material girders and precast concrete deck panels to reduce...