por LlucMarti | Abr 12, 2022 | Story-time
March 6, 1981, was a day that changed the motorsport world. McLaren Racing rocked F1 with its first composite design. The MP4-1 was the first fully composite F1 chassis, rather than the traditional flat aluminium panels mechanically fixed together. It was 30%...
por LlucMarti | Abr 7, 2022 | Newsfeed
Today we are bringing to you our first Newsfeed! In this monthly segment, we are going to share the most interesting news related to composite materials! So, let’s start with a complex topic: Biomimicry braiding of fiber-reinforced node structures! An...
por LlucMarti | Abr 6, 2022 | Getting technical
Carbon fibers are about 5 to 10 micrometers (0.0002–0.0004 in) in diameter. Why make them so thin? In short, carbon fibers are manufactured through the stabilization, carbonization and graphitization of a precursor (generally polyacrylonitrile or petroleum pitch). The...
por LlucMarti | Feb 3, 2022 | Newsfeed
AIMPLAS· Technological Institute of Plastics AIMPLAS recently reported that it has made progress in regards to the EU-funded RECOTRANS project, which focuses on integrating unconventional manufacturing technologies to obtain cost-effective recyclable multi-material...
por LlucMarti | Feb 3, 2022 | Story-time
The use of fiberglass dates back to 1836 when Ignace Dubus-Bonnel received the world’s first patent on a method of making them. At the time, fiberglass was hard to make thin enough to be completely flexible, and no reliable method of mass production existed. These...
