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Related Keywords: 3D printer, carbon fiber, Chinese, Covesto, Dispercoll U, fiber, future, material, polymer

Polymer manufacturer Covesto has teamed up with Chinese designer Axis Liu for two customised concept shoes that will be on display at the K 2019 trade fair in Düsseldorf next month.

For the design of the running shoe, Axis Liu was inspired by a traditional figure from Chinese arts: the “Multilayer Carved Ball” which has a structure made of several layers. This effect, used in the midsole, was produced by a 3D printer.

Related Keywords: Carbon, carbon fiber, fiber, Montefibre, Plant, polyacrylonitrile, printing

Montefibre Carbon's 80k aims to be the new standard for large-tow carbon fiber for industrial purposes, and the company expects its impact on the industry to be similar to the 50k tow first launched more than 20 years ago.

Montefibre's carbon fiber precursor is produced from an exclusive polyacrylonitrile formulation (PAN), which enables a carbon fiber of high resistance, high elastic modulus, and low density, and which translates to very rigid and lightweight high performance composites.

Related Keywords: carbon fiber, CNC, fiber, Germany, Glass fiber, Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design, PTFE

Humans have been using fabric to create shelter for thousands of years. If a set of groundbreaking researchers and designers have their way, however, applications of textile-based architectural elements have the potential to play an important role in shaping the future of enclosures as well.

Related Keywords: automated fiber placement, carbon fiber, CFRP manufacturing process, fabric, fabric formation, Fibrtec’s, glass fiber-based fabrics, layers the fabrics with thermoplastic resin films, lower cost continuous fiber reinforced polymer, polyamide resin, pseudo-fabrics, thermoplastic materials, weaving method, woven

This project offers a new CFRP manufacturing process when compared to the two other typically deployed processes which have significant drawbacks that limit their mainstream, high-volume use in the automotive and aerospace industries. One mainstream current technique weaves dry carbon fiber tows into a fabric, layers the fabrics with thermoplastic resin films, and later heats and compresses them into a well-consolidated composite. While this method is ultimately effective in creating a carbon fiber fabric, the process has several drawbacks.