Airbus A350-1000 carbon fiber wing goes into production
mercredi, 26 août 2015
The company says the A350 XWB wing is the largest single part made from carbon fiber composite material in use in civil aviation today. The wings for the first Airbus A350-1000 have begun the process of assembly at Broughton, North Wales. The Airbus A350-1000 wing has the same span of the A350-900 that is already
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NASA/Boeing cryotank presentation added to Carbon Fiber lineup
mercredi, 24 septembre 2014
The Carbon Fiber 2014 conference, Dec. 9-11 in La Jolla, Calif., USA, has added a presentation by NASA about its Composite Cryotank Technologies and Demonstration (CCTD) program. CompositesWorld, publisher of High-Performance Composites and Composites Technology magazines, as well as the CompositesWorld Weekly newsletter, reports that it has added NASA/Boeing to the agenda for its Carbon Fiber 2014 conference. The conference will be held Dec. 9-11 at
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A one-piece carbon fiber wheel
jeudi, 18 septembre 2014
Carbon Revolution produces a one-piece carbon fiber wheel: one of the most technically advanced wheel and one of the most advanced lightweight technologies on any car. The scientists and technicians who created the first one-piece carbon fiber wheel saw it equally as an immense challenge and a vocation. The wheel was tested in Germany to
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Carbon fiber-reinforced material used to fabricate world’s first 3D-printed vehicle
vendredi, 12 septembre 2014
A fully functional vehicle being 3D-printed from scratch and assembled by automotive design firm Local Motors (Chandler, AZ) in the space of 44 hours is expected to be driven off the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) floor this Saturday. A carbon fiber-reinforced compound supplied by Sabic’s Innovative Plastics business is being employed as the build
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Boeing, Russell Brands work to put 787 carbon fiber into athletic gear
jeudi, 04 septembre 2014
Excess carbon fiber from 787 Dreamliner production will be used to manufacture Russell Brands’ lightweight, high-strength CarbonTek American football shoulder pads. Boeing (Seattle, Wash., USA) and Russell Brands LLC (Bowling Green, Ky., USA) announced on Aug. 27 that they are working together to incorporate excess carbon fiber from 787 Dreamliner production in Russell Athletic protective athletic
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US Energy Department announced $11 million for carbon fiber production from biomass
jeudi, 28 août 2014
Carbon fiber can lower the cost and improve performance of fuel-efficient vehicles and renewable energy components such as wind turbine blades. The two projects seek to demonstrate new biomass conversion technologies that enable the manufacturing of acrylonitrile – an essential feedstock for high performance carbon fiber – for less than $1 per pound. Southern Research
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Carbon fiber flywheel for London buses
mercredi, 27 août 2014
The Go-Ahead Group and GKN plc have agreed a deal that will help reduce emissions in cities with the supply of electric flywheel systems to 500 buses over the next two years. The innovative GKN system is based on Formula One race technology developed in the UK. It will help increase the efficiency of every
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