Carbon Fibers
Porsche and the braided carbon fiber wheel
For just €15,232, you can get a set of four braided carbon fiber wheels on your 2018 Porsche 911 S. This will be the first time a carmaker has offered braided carbon fiber in such an application.
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Rotomolded cores: New options for sandwich composites
Permanent or removable, these hollow thermoplastic cores broaden industry offerings.
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High-speed 3D printing with fiber reinforcement
Italy-based CMS has partnered with Fraunhofer IWU to develop a high-speed, extrusion-based process for the 3D printing of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic parts. Video included.
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German students win second SpaceX Hyperloop competition
Student group from the Technical University of Munich sets new Hyperloop speed record and wins second SpaceX Pod Competition.
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Another win on a carbon composite SUP - Update
CW’s June 2017 Focus on Design story was about the design and creation of a custom carbon composite racing SUP or stand-up paddleboard (that led to a similar production SUP for consumers) for paddle athlete Travis Grant. Grant just won this year’s Molokai to Oahu race, on a new carbon fiber SUP, and set a world record.
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Carbon Fiber: GM's Mark Voss to discuss composite's path forward
Mark Voss, engineering group manager, body structures advanced composites, at General Motors, will be a keynoter at CW’s Carbon Fiber conference in November and discuss the company’s history of implementing composites in its vehicles.
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Unitech Composites pylons take weight out of Black Hawks
Unitech Composites develops a new weapons-capable pylon for the US Army’s Special Ops Black Hawk, taking 270 lb out of the helicopter and expanding the craft’s versatility.
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Rocket Lab all-composite Electron launch vehicle
New player scaling up two-stage rocket to relieve small-satellite launch backlog.
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Composites comfort wheelchair travelers
Long carbon fiber thermoplastics replace aluminum in more forgiving front casters.
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Chinese firm invests in advanced preforming technology
Compositence GmbH (Leonberg, Germany), specializing in innovative preforming technologies for carbon, glass and other fiber types and supplier of tailored preforms, has partnered with GON Group (Qingdao, China).
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