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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.

Toyota and BMW Working on Next-Generation Supercars with Composites

Toyota has partnered with BMW on the next generation of its supercar, the Toyota Supra, which will be unveiled in 2018. BMW is also working on its own supercar, the Z5, which will have many parts in common...

Spirit AeroSystems Installing One of the World’s Largest Autoclaves for Composite Manufacturing

Spirit AeroSystems Inc. is installing one of the world's largest autoclaves at its Wichita, Kan., facility. The new autoclave is 120 feet long, has a 30-foot diameter and an internal volume of more than 78,000...

British Researchers to Test Carbon Fiber Satellite that Collects Space Debris

Next year, British researchers at the Surrey Space Centre (Surry, England) will begin the world's first mission to test out a space junk litter-picker, known as the “RemoveDebris” satellite. RemoveDebris...

Swiss Students Go 0-62 MPH in 1.51 Seconds in Record-Breaking Vehicle

An electric racing car built by a group of students in Switzerland-based Academic Motorsports Club Zurich (AMZ) has broken the world record for fastest acceleration by a battery-powered vehicle – going from...

IACMI Partners with World’s First Carbon Fiber Recycling Facility for Product Development

At the recently-opened Composite Recycling Technology Center (CRTC), IACMI-The Composites Institute signed an agreement to establish the CRTC as a strategic partner and West Coast satellite location for IACMI....

New Lamborghini Composites Center Experimenting with Revolutionary Carbon Fiber

At its newly-opened Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory (ACSL) in Seattle, Lamborghini is continuing development of composite materials through a collaboration with Boeing to mass produce its potentially...