Carbon fiber has been utilized for decades to build racecars, as a means to cut weight while maintaining strength. But until recently, the space-age material has been largely absent from the ...

Machining composites is a dusty, arduous and abrasive process that is hard on cutting tools, requiring the right combination ...

Fiber laser cutting is a highly advanced metal cutting technology that utilizes high-powered laser beams transmitted through optical fibers to achieve precision cutting. Unlike traditional methods, ...

Schematic representation of carbon fiber preparation from polyacrylonitrile ... For both types of CF fragments the filament yarn was cut into 1 cm sections, which for mCF were immediately milled ...

Companies worldwide are now competing to cut their carbon emissions, but is this trend one of environmental concern, hard-headed business or careful PR? Kurt Kleiner investigates. You have full ...

CFRP: Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic ... that has had its microstructure altered due to the heat from a welding or cutting process, which can affect the material's mechanical properties.