Toray has developed a process that decomposes thermoset CFRP at low temperatures, yielding rCF that retain 95% of virgin ...

A new carbon fiber reinforced nylon 12 composite for injection molding is newly available from CRP Technology. Said to be the first of a family of sustainable materials for industrial production, ...

Inside the production workshop, several large injection molding machines are running fully automatically. From raw material input to finished product output, the entire process relies on an ...

Driven by such concerns, several studies have investigated the emission of CNTs and nanoparticles (NPs) during the synthesis and machining processes of CNT-polymer composites (sanding, drilling, ...

Surface Generation, a company in Rutland, the United Kingdom, that provides carbon fiber processing technologies, has unveiled a compression molding technology for high-volume automotive and consumer ...

Carbon fiber's blend of incredible strength and low weight has revolutionized modern engineering. Today, you see it in everything from wind turbines and airplanes to carbon fiber car parts and sports ...

Automotive supplier Lacks Enterprises Inc. has acquired a Kansas firm that makes carbon fiber composite wheels, in a bid to expand into luxury car wheel markets and build a footprint in an emerging ...

The automotive world has been obsessed with carbon fiber for decades, ever since the McLaren MP4/1 Formula One race car became the first to use a carbon fiber composite chassis in 1981. Since then, ...

The MP4/1’s carbon-­fiber chassis looked much like an aluminum one painted black, but midway through the season a string of two podiums and a win proved the difference. Establishing the precise ...

Japan’s VAIO, a leader in innovative technology, unleashes the first 3-D molded, carbon fiber laptop in the world. The new VAIO Z has a lighter, yet durable design and is engineered to make mobile ...