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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.

Workhorse Unveils W-15 Electric Pickup Truck

U.S. firm Workhorse has debuted its W-15: the automotive industry’s first electric pickup truck built from the ground up. Other electric pickup trucks have been made in the past, but the W-15 is the first...

Composite Recycling Technology Center to Reuse CFRP for Park Benches

Port Angeles, Wash.-based Composite Recycling Technology Center has received $10,000 in seed money from the city’s Parks and Recreation Department for a pilot project to create park benches with recycled...

Model One 3-D Printer from Impossible Objects Could Transform Manufacturing

During RAPID + TCT 2017, one of the world’s premier conference dedicated to advances in additive manufacturing, Impossible Objects unveiled its Model One printer, which the company believes has the...

Air Force X-37B Space Plane Returns to Earth

Last week, after an unprecedented 718 days in orbit, the U.S. Air Force’s robotic X-37B space plane has returned to Earth, touching down safely at the Kennedy Center Space in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The...

Longer, Stronger, Lighter, Cheaper

Improvements in composite turbine blades will power the wind energy industry. Wind is an increasingly important source of renewable energy. In 2015, wind power installations generated about 435 gigawatts...

Future Army Soldiers Could Have “Third Arm” to Carry Weapons

The U.S. Army is developing a "third arm" device that can be attached to a soldier’s protective vest to hold a weapon. The purpose of the device is to redirect all of the weight of a weapon to the...