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ResearchersfromWashingtonStateUniversityhavedevelopedanewmethodtorecyclethecarbonfiberplastics.Carbonfiberproductscanbedifficulttobreakdownorrecycle.Itispossibletogrindthemdownorbreakthemdownwithveryh
Guoliang‘Greg’Liu,anassistantprofessorofchemistryintheCollegeofScienceatVirginiaTechandamemberoftheMacromoleculesInnovationInstitute,hasbeenworkingondevelopingcarbonfiberswithuniformporous
TheUniversityofKentuckyCenterforAppliedEnergyResearch(CAER)recentlydemonstratedthecenter’scarbonfiberprecursorspinningcapabilities.CAERisreportedlyhometothelargestprecursorfibersolution-spinline
CarbonfibercompanyUmatexRosatom,basedinRussia,haspartneredwithanItalianmotorcycleracingteamtohelppromotetheuseofcarbonfiberinmotorsport.TheKawasakiPuccettiracingteamwilltakeplaceintheSuperBikeWorldCha
PultrusioncompanyExelCompositesiscollaboratingwithFrenchindustrialcontractorCNIMtomakeglassfibercomponentsforthemagnetsupportstructureoftheInternationalThermonuclearExperimentalReactor(ITER),theworld&
ExelCompositesreportsthatitscompany,DiversifiedStructuralComposites(DSC)hasdevelopedafiberoptic-embeddedcarboncompositerodforanoilwellinterventionsystem.The15mmdiameterrodwithfiberopticcorewasmadeforN