Macroscopic fibres made up of carbon nanotubes exhibit properties far below theoretical predictions and even much lower than those for conventional carbon fibres. Here we report improvements of ...

Dragonplate's telescoping tube clamp system provides a strong, yet easy to use method for creating extendable carbon fiber tube assemblies. These telescoping tube clamps feature an adjustable screw to ...

Rock West Composites (RWC, San Diego, Calif., U.S.) announces the delivery of the barrel timing layer (BTL) tracker support tube to Purdue University (West Lafayette, Ind., U.S.) this month. This ...

Orlando, Florida (February 26, 2006) — Gitzo, revered throughout the world for its precision, quality and innovation in bringing new products to market for both the professional photo and video ...

A carbon nanotube is tough—by some measures, more than 30 times more robust than Kevlar. As they're only a few atoms thick, however, that toughness isn't especially useful. Attempts have been made to ...

Result of winding a carbon fiber tube. (Credit: Andrew Reilley) Carbon fiber (CF) is an amazing material that provides a lot of strength for very little weight, making it very useful for a lot of ...

You'd expect carbon fiber—the ultra light, hard-as-steel composite—to shatter or something when you crush it with a hydraulic press. Not. At. All. Carbon fiber almost disintegrates, the weave breaking ...