If you've spent anytime around performance vehicles — cars, high speed boats, aircraft, bicycles, etc. — you've likely seen carbon fiber used somewhere in the construction. It might seem like wizardry ...

Growing up, kids dream about having a cool, carbon fiber car, but maturing is realizing that the unique material offers more than just sleek looks. Carbon fiber is created by repeatedly superheating ...

Discover the secrets of carbon fiber production. This video takes you inside the factory to witness the creation of prepreg sheets, from spools of raw fiber to the final 150-meter rolls that will soon ...

Reinforce3D’s continuous fiber injection process (CFIP) is a post-processing step for injecting continuous carbon fiber and resin into hollow cavities in a finished part (bottom). An example use case ...

Led by automotive innovator Matti Holtzberg, the Polimotor 2 project aims to design and manufacture a next-generation, all-plastic engine for competitive racing in 2016. “Solvay’s unmatched selection ...

When it comes to building faster, sharper, and more responsive cars, one material stands out above the rest—carbon fiber. Once limited to motorsports and supercars, carbon fiber is now widely used in ...

This is a sensitive process; one stroke too many will ruin the visible weave structure underneath the thin epoxy layer. The end result is a striking new look for carbon fiber. The body of the car ...