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New Carbon-Fiber Tape from Thermoplastic Composites

Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology has perfected high-quality unwinding of reinforcements used in pressure tanks, retaining more than 90% mechanical strength in the...

From Waste to Next-Gen Carbon Fiber

A new chemically designed lignin leads to stronger, lighter carbon fiber and better recycled plastics From Waste to Next-Gen Carbon Fiber: Research from Washington University...

Recycled Plastics Boost Properties of Carbon Fiber

Chemically altered lignin combined with polyacrylonitrile strengthens carbon fiber while making it even lighter in weight. Recycled Plastics Boost Properties of Carbon Fiber: The second...

Next-Generation Composites May Monitor Their Own Structural Health

Carbon fiber composites—lightweight and strong—are great structural materials for automobiles, aircraft and other transportation vehicles. They consist of a polymer matrix, such as epoxy,...

Solvay expands offering of high-performance polymers for 3D-printing simulation

Solvay adds 10% carbon fiber filled KetaSpire® polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and neat Radel® polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) to e-Xstream engineering’s latest release (2019.0) of Digimat®-Additive Manufacturing (AM)...

Cost Of Maintaining Composites Can Offset Performance Gains

Carbon fiber has a long history in commercial aircraft manufacturing, but its first large-scale application was on the Boeing 787, which features composite materials...

Carbon is the new black

Engineers with the University of Cincinnati are leveraging a partnership with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to create clothing that can charge your cell phone. Move...

Stratasys Ships 3D Carbon Fiber Applications Printer

As Carbon Fiber Applications Multiply, Stratasys Ships $70,000 3D Printer In response to the growing use of composites across industries, Stratasys (Nasdaq:SSYS) is now shipping...

3D-printability adhesion in lignin-based composites

We report the utilization of a melt-stable lignin waste-stream from biorefineries as a renewable feedstock, with acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) polymer to synthesize...

Continuous Fiber Manufacturing for 3D Printing High Performance Parts

BMX bike frame, which was designed by moi using a voxel-based optimization algorithm, and 3D printed in three parts with continuous glass fiber composite material....
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