Composites in the Fast Lane
The industry is evolving quickly to meet automotive lightweighting demands. Deadlines are looming for CAFE fuel efficiency standards in the U.S. (54.5 mpg fleet average by 2025) and for Europe’s required...
NASA Creating Biggest Composite Rocket Parts Ever for Mars Mission
NASA’s team at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Is using one of the largest composites manufacturing robots created in America to build the biggest, lightweight composite parts ever made...
Ford Reinvents the Carbon Fiber Wheel for Shelby GT350R Mustang
Ford has laid claim as the first major automaker to mass produce carbon fiber wheels as standard equipment for a production vehicle. Ford teamed up with Australian supplier Carbon Revolution to craft the...
3D Printing Used to Make Carbon Fiber Printing Robot
Basia Dżaman, a student at Poznań, Poland’s School of Form, has created a machine that can print and weave carbon fiber. Dżaman modified robots by KUKA, a renowned industrial manufacturer, by adding...
The First Mars Airplane will be made with Composites
NASA scientists recently announced the agency has begun prototyping a boomerang-shaped plane projected to make the first flight on Mars at some point between 2022 and 2024. “We’re going to build some...
Could Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Gears Really Replace Metal in Cars?
Researchers at the Center for Advanced Die Engineering and Technology at Gifu University and Central Fine Tool Co Ltd. have co-developed a new technology that is expected to reduce vehicle weight. Their...
