“Carbon fiber is a way to express the shape of our design so that we can create beautiful and rich lines for each product.'' Horacio Pagani. Horacio understood the high potential of composite-material-based systems and, in particular, carbon fiber while making the...
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Corvette’s use of composite materials
por Ana Escarate | Nov 17, 2022 | Story-time
Corvette’s use of advanced materials began in 1953 when the first Corvettes were produced with all-fiberglass bodies. In fact, Chevrolet’s Corvette original 1953 Corvette was the first ''mass-produced'' automobile to use fiberglass-reinforced plastic parts. Every...
How did the composites help during the race to space?
por Ana Escarate | Nov 10, 2022 | Story-time
''July 20, 2019, marked the 50-year anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing. Though at the time the Apollo capsule was built, the composites industry was still in its infancy and the materials were not yet in widespread use, the Apollo capsule used early...
Boeing’s relationship with composite materials
por LlucMarti | Oct 25, 2022 | Story-time
Boeing’s first use of fiberglass was in the 707, amounting to only 2 percent of the structure! Under contract with NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Boeing experimented with advanced composites by using carbon fiber for the spoilers on two dozen...
Bugatti EB 110
por LlucMarti | Oct 18, 2022 | Story-time
The Bugatti EB 110 is a mid-engine sports car produced by Bugatti Automobili from 1991 to 1995 when the company was liquidated for the second time. It was unveiled as the first ''Reborn Bugatti'' on September 15, 1991, on what would have been Ettore Bugatti's 110th...
What was the first application of carbon fibers?
por LlucMarti | Oct 11, 2022 | Story-time
Carbon fibers are older than you imagine! The first carbon fibers date back to 1860! In 1879, a certain guy named Thomas Edison chose carbon fibers to manufacture light bulb filaments. At that time, they were not petroleum-based. Instead, they were produced through...
What are epoxies resins?
por LlucMarti | Sep 29, 2022 | Story-time
Let's start learning about carbon fibers' best friend! Epoxy is the cured end product of epoxy resins, as well as a colloquial name for the epoxide functional group. Epoxy resins, also known as polyepoxides are a class of reactive prepolymers and polymers that contain...
Dyneema
por LlucMarti | Sep 22, 2022 | Story-time
Let's talk about the ''World's Strongest Fiber'', Dyneema! In 1968, chemist Dr. Albert Pennings managed to pull some wispy threads from the stirring rods in his beaker. He found it impossible to pull the strands apart. Excited, he rushed to tell his boss’s, which...
The first production carbon fiber bicycle
por LlucMarti | Sep 15, 2022 | Story-time
Today we will tell the story of the first production carbon fiber bicycle and how it has revolutionized the Tour de France! As with any sport, the competition to be the best leads to innovation everywhere possible, and as all composite lovers already know, carbon...
What is the story behind the first fiberglass boat?
por LlucMarti | Ago 31, 2022 | Story-time
Several pioneers in fiberglass boatbuilding were notable builders in wood before World War II. That was the case with Ray Greene of Toledo, Ohio. Born in 1913, he began building boats at age 12! He was keen to discover a new and better material for making hulls, even...