The DOE-funded Carbon Fiber Design Project has developed, and aims to scale up, fibers with noncircular geometry optimized to ...

Rocket Lab is making innovative strides in space travel with the Neutron medium payload rocket – namely, it's the largest composite rocket ever made. Initially, hundreds of layers and thousands of ...

Swiss technical materials manufacturer BIWI SA, headquartered in Glovelier in the canton of Jura, has acquired the assets of ...

Delivering Composite Products with Performance, Efficiency, and Sustainability CALIFORNIA, CA, UNITED STATES, May 7, ...

A group of Rice University students has turned a single-semester course project into a peer-reviewed research paper, ...

Rocket Lab, a leader in low-cost launch services and space systems, has embarked on a new chapter in rocket manufacturing with the installation of the largest automated fiber placement (AFP) machine ...

Carbon fiber composites aren't a new thing in jet engine fan blades, including GE Aviation's. But every so often GE engineers have to redesign them to take advantage of advances in carbon composite ...

PalletX uses carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) and CompoTech's advanced winding technology to manufacture a lightweight, more durable, modular alternative to traditional shipping pallets. Shown ...

The French company Duqueine chose to unveil at JEC World what is presented as the world’s first aircraft wheel made entirely from carbon composite. A choice that is far from anecdotal in a sector ...

Polymer matrix composites (PMCs) are made by reinforcing a polymer-based matrix with glass, carbon, or aramid fibers. PMCs are classified into thermosetting and thermoplastic resins based on the type ...