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In a further carbon fiber development, Harper has also partnered with ORNL on a project initiated through the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Office’s HPC4Mfg Program. The program was designed to spur the use of high-performance super- computers to advance U.S. manufacturing via public-private partnerships.
ResearchersfromWashingtonStateUniversityhavedevelopedanewmethodtorecyclethecarbonfiberplastics.Carbonfiberproductscanbedifficulttobreakdownorrecycle.Itispossibletogrindthemdownorbreakthemdownwithveryh
Guoliang‘Greg’Liu,anassistantprofessorofchemistryintheCollegeofScienceatVirginiaTechandamemberoftheMacromoleculesInnovationInstitute,hasbeenworkingondevelopingcarbonfiberswithuniformporous
TheUniversityofKentuckyCenterforAppliedEnergyResearch(CAER)recentlydemonstratedthecenter’scarbonfiberprecursorspinningcapabilities.CAERisreportedlyhometothelargestprecursorfibersolution-spinline
CarbonfibercompanyUmatexRosatom,basedinRussia,haspartneredwithanItalianmotorcycleracingteamtohelppromotetheuseofcarbonfiberinmotorsport.TheKawasakiPuccettiracingteamwilltakeplaceintheSuperBikeWorldCha
PultrusioncompanyExelCompositesiscollaboratingwithFrenchindustrialcontractorCNIMtomakeglassfibercomponentsforthemagnetsupportstructureoftheInternationalThermonuclearExperimentalReactor(ITER),theworld&