McLaren has been on the bleeding edge of carbon fiber technology for more than 40 years now. It all started way back in the '80s when it started using carbon fiber in the construction of its Formula 1 ...

Marine-supply stores often carry West-System, a two-part epoxy. For larger quantities of materials, try Fibre Glast. Expect a yard of plain-weave carbon to run about $60. Call 800.330.6365, FibreGlast ...

For years, carbon fiber bicycles have been mainly crafted by hand: carbon fiber layup and all that. However, some folks have asked themselves: Can we use robots to craft carbon fiber dreams? The ...

The local adaptability and tunability of their material properties is an often-cited advantage of fibre-reinforced materials. Additional degrees of freedom such as the fibre angle and fibre volume ...

The tape layup technology facilitates the manufacture of components made from continuous-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics based on uni-directional fiber tapes (UD fiber tapes). Such components are of ...

Circularity in carbon fiber sports equipment. Aiming to create circularity solutions for hard-to-recycle carbon fiber sporting goods equipment, the World Sailing Trust created a collaborative ...