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 ...

Carbon fibre remains a material of keen interest due to its exceptional strength-to-weight ratio and versatility in high-performance applications. In recent years, the production processes have ...

Porsche set out to design its 2023 MY 911 GT3 RS vehicle for peak performance on the track. Though the FIA specifies steel rollover cages for vehicles that race officially, the company has designed ...

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 ...

In modern racing, weight, aerodynamics, and the materials used in vehicles determine victory or defeat. For the Formula Student racing team Mainfranken Racing e.V. at the Technical University of ...

A recent article in Polymer Composites examined the use of recycled milled carbon fibers (rCFs) as fillers in polyamide-6,6 (PA66) filaments for fused filament fabrication (FFF), targeting automotive ...

A drawback of additive manufacturing is the internal integrity of fabricated parts, which impacts their me­chanical properties. Due to the inherent nature of the process, a zero-defect strategy is ...

Carbon fiber is a pretty amazing material, what with its enormous strength and low weight. When you want performance, whether it has to do with accelerating and cornering quickly, reducing energy use, ...

“The CarbonPro pickup box is the industry’s first use of carbon fiber for a pickup truck box. It is made from Teijin’s Sereebo carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) material. The CarbonPro ...

A research team has developed a groundbreaking new method of producing carbon fiber while drastically reducing its energy footprint. A research team at University of Limerick in Ireland has developed ...