If there's one fascinating fact about spiders that everyone knows, it's that their silken webs are deceptively strong. It can have a tensile strength of up to around 1000 megapascals, which can be ...

While many composites fabricators are aware of the need to mitigate toxic emissions from resins, dealing with the unique conditions from carbon fiber processing raises the bar on abatement ...

Toray Industries, Inc. announced the successful development of recycled carbon fibre (rCF) derived from the production process of the Boeing 787 components using Toray’s advanced carbon fibre, ...

Polyacrylonitrile (PAN), shown here on creels, is produced from acrylonitrile (ACN) and is the most commonly used precursor for carbon fiber manufacturing. ACN is typically sourced from ...