Toray Carbon Fibers Europe boosts production capacity to 6,000 tonnes per year with new line for aerospace and industrial ...

Carbon fibers are essential in aviation, wind energy, and lightweight construction. However, since they are based on petroleum, their production has been very harmful to the environment. A research ...

Carbon fibers are polymers of carbon/graphite arranged in large sheets of hexagonal rings and confer several advantages such as high stiffness, high tensile strength, high chemical resistivity, high ...

The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research (DITF, Denkendorf) comprise the largest textile research center in Europe. With more than 250 scientists and technicians, DITF cover the entire ...

New research from engineers at Monash University and RMIT has revealed that moisture absorption is the most important factor in how carbon fiber used in aircraft degrades over time. The discovery ...

In laboratories around the world, scientists have long dreamed of building machines so small that they could grip, bend, and move objects thinner than a strand of hair. However, controlling something ...

Researchers planned to test how carbon fiber reacted to intense heat and humidity, but they found out something else entirely.

Four-month project involved full interior rework of a Mustang GT500 cabin in which soft trim, leather and forged carbon fiber ...

Carbon fiber is one of the most impressive materials out there. It is stronger than steel, yet so lightweight that it's used in everything from airplanes and tough parts for supercars to high-end ...

Carbon fibers consist of thin filaments (5–10 micrometers in diameter) made of long chains of carbon atoms arranged in a polycrystalline structure. These fibers contain 92–100 wt% anisotropic carbon ...