New players proliferate, increasing CMC materials and manufacturing capacity, novel processes and automation to meet demand for higher part volumes and performance. The composites industry is under ...

The challenges with recycling composite airliners.

A carbon fiber composite that can seal its own cracks and restore structural strength more than 1,000 times in a row has been ...

Seven 700-bar Type 4 tanks connected in parallel store 7 kilograms of H2, extend range up to 750 kilometers and fit into same ...

Toray has developed a high thermal conductivity technology that lifts the heat-dissipating properties of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) to that of metals. Applying this technology to CFRP ...

The significance of lightweight construction materials, especially carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP), has gained popularity over the past few years. The material’s structural constitution is ...

This Amamco Tool diamond-coated composite drill drills 12.5 times faster than a PCD drill and lasts 4.36 times longer. Inset: The interlocking layers of polycrystalline and nanocrystalline diamond of ...

Until something better and too far-fetched for us to consider at this time comes along, things leaving our planet will need rockets to do so. And those rockets will need fuel, which has to be stored ...

A recent study published in Engineering delves into the behavior of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) and Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) under ...

Ever since BMW launched the i sub-brand, we knew that it was going to change the core-brand models as well. The innovations used in the making of the i3 and i8 were bound to find their way into other ...