Carbon Fibers
Huntsman, Acciona collaborate on all-composite lighthouse
The first-ever all-composite lighthouse is now installed at the port of Valencia in Spain.
Read MoreThe emerging commercial space industry: Habitats and CubeSats
This sidebar to the September 2016 feature story on the emerging commercial space industry focuses on Habitats and CubeSats.
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The emerging commercial space industry: Google’s Lunar XPRIZE
This sidebar to the September 2016 feature story on the emerging commercial space industry focuses on Google’s Lunar XPRIZE.
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The emerging commercial space industry
A decade since NASA opened extraterrestrial space to potential use as a commercial industry workplace, CW traces the role composites have played in public/private progress toward that goal.
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3D printed composite parts provide solution for UAV
New technology uses long carbon fibers to boost strength and stiffness for small yet high-performance aircraft.
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Not your average carbon fiber part
A Swedish industrial designer and artisan, Ragnar Friberg, contacted CW recently about a new project: a one-of-a-kind custom champagne glass and an accompanying storage cabinet that incorporates carbon fiber — along with a number of high-end materials.
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Trace: A simple, must-have tool
This recently discovered constant in laminate calculations can put designing with CFRP materials on par with designing with metals.
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Get ready for Composites 4.0!
It might seem like science fiction, but it must be our path if we are to make composites competitive.
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Recycled carbon fiber: Its time has come
Impressive industry growth puts a new emphasis on the role of carbon fiber recycling.
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Converting the structural chassis to composites
Germany’s largest producer of GRP leaf springs for cars and trucks broadens its product range to CFRP stabilizer bars, which cut weight 50% vs. steel.
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