Tag: Carbon Fiber

According to a new report from The American Jobs Report, Virginia is in a position to “expand its CFRP composites economy, increase in-state spending, and employ an average of...

More architects are turning to composites to create dazzling designs. Highly complex facades featuring dramatic curves are becoming a signature of today’s architects. New technology and materials are helping...

Last week, GE Aviation announced it has begun ground testing the world’s largest commercial aircraft engine – the GE9X – that will eventually power Boeing’s 777X aircraft. Once finished,...

At the 2016 SAE World Congress in Detroit, Toyota and Clemson University unveiled “uBox” – an urban utility, futuristic concept vehicle made with composites. The uBox was the result...

Four researchers from different universities collaborated to create rolyPOLY – a unique flexible shelter produced by robotic winding of carbon fibers. The 20-pound, single-occupant CFRP prototype is seen as...

According to Airbus, an easy-to-use testing tool, known as the “Line Tool,” for inspecting the composite airframe of the aircraft manufacturer’s A350 XWB jetliner, has recently become highly sought after...

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and manufacturer Komatsu Seiren unveiled “fa-bo,” the manufacturer’s three-floor office building surrounded by hundreds of carbon fibers used to protect it from earthquakes. Japan Trends...

Recently, the team behind Solar Impulse (Si2), the single-seater carbon fiber plane which is attempting to make history by flying around the world only with solar energy, announced its...

According to a January 4 CNN feature story, there are more personal submarines on the market now than there have even been before. CNN cites one such submarine, the...