Carbon fiber

Gurit reports 4.1% growth

Gurit has reported net sales of CHF434.8 million for the first nine months of 2020, an increase of 4.1% compared to the previous year.

Exploring composites and their modern uses

Robert Glass, Head of Marketing at leading composites technology company, Exel Composites, examines the progress of composites.

Aircraft carbon fiber contract

Safran and Saertex have reportedly signed a 10-year contract to make carbon fiber aircraft equipment.

Gurit Kitting wind contract extended

Gurit says that its existing three-year contract with a major wind turbine manufacturer has been extended for another three years.

Machine learning replicates the secrets of composites

3D printing of composite parts makes counterfeiting easier

Laser scanner designed for high-speed measurement

Exact Metrology has introduced the Hexagon RS6 laser scanner, which it says can scan up to 1.2 million points/second with a scan rate of 300 Hz.

Laser 3D printing of carbon fiber parts

The Technical University of Munich's carbon composites department has begun a new project covering the laser AM of carbon fiber parts.

Editor in Spotlight – Prof. Vitalij Pecharsky, Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Carbon fiber golf shafts

Hexcel has supplied its carbon fiber material to make a new range of golf shafts.

Carbon fiber tapes suitable for aerospace

Jiangsu Hansu New Material Co and Sabic have developed a new range of unidirectional (UD) composite tapes made with continuous carbon fiber.