Carbon Fiber

Software shortens design path to longboard
Materials information program helps optimize materials selection.

Unweighting a crane to increase payload limit
Rethinking a crane stinger with carbon fiber for a more “uplifting experience.”

Composite musings
How do we generate pull from consumers rather than depend on push through builders and contractors?

Shape Machining shapes Elemental sports car
Designed and manufactured by a team of ex-McLaren designers, the recently launched RP1 features advanced aerodynamics and novel composite solutions, including an all-carbon composite passenger tub built to Formula 1 strength and stiffness standards.

Composites in transit: Rolling robotic “stuff carrier” the new must-have
PPF’s Gita can move at a human walking pace or can accelerate up to 35 kph, fast enough to keep pace with a runner.

Where are they now?
Promising technologies of yesteryear: Where are they now? What can be learned from unful lled promise?

Preforming goes industrial: Part 1
ATL and AFP-based preforming options now abound for processing dry and/or impregnated reinforcements as quickly as 1 minute or less with potential yearly part yields in the millions.

Composites recycling: Gaining traction
Recycling of carbon fiber, glass fiber and — at last — resins, is growing as new players enter the space.

European SAMPE meeting explores composites innovation
High spots from SAMPE Europe’s Summit 17.

The automotive industry’s “killer app”?
Automotive is king, and the killer automotive app will be the multi-material and all-carbon-fiber B-pillar.