This comprehensive instructional guide demonstrates the advanced manufacturing process of fabricating high-strength composite components using custom 3D printed molds and authentic carbon fiber sheets ...

[Thomas Sanladerer] wanted to make 3D prints using carbon fiber and was surprised that it was fairly inexpensive and worked well, although he mentions that the process is a bit intense. You can learn ...

There's been a flurry of news recently about 3D printing carbon composites, both inside and outside the rarefied atmosphere of aerospace. We told you about the MarkOne, the first commercial carbon ...

Carbon fiber is one of the most prized construction materials available to a parts designer. It is also among the most expensive due to the painstakingly tedious process of molding or winding it. If, ...

4D printing of composites could transform rooftop wind turbine manufacturing: Concordia University researchers demonstrated a ...

Mantis Composites developed its continuous fiber, fused filament fabrication (FFF) based 3D printing technology to provide the aerospace and defense industries with an option for small, complex, ...

Anyone who's mucked about with consumer-grade 3D printers knows that it's infinitely cool to create stuff with them, but you can't realistically expect those products to be particularly durable. If ...

Discover how 4D printed wind turbine blades can revolutionize renewable energy with innovative manufacturing techniques.

The Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI) and ElectraFly, an aviation company building personal flying vehicles, are teaming up to create 3D printed carbon fiber aircraft parts ...

Aerospace undergrad Alex Kuehnle observes PhD student Ivan Wu in the composites laboratory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Because it’s costly and cumbersome to transport large ...