por Ana Escarate | Nov 29, 2022 | Story-time
“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...
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...
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...
por LlucMarti | Oct 4, 2022 | Newsfeed
Let’s kick off our newsfeed with very exciting news: The NCC successfully demonstrates AFP manufacture of CMC parts! Engineers at the National Composites Centre (NCC, Bristol, U.K.) have completed what they say is a European first by manufacturing...
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...
