Carbon Fiber Knowledge
The latest from the world of advanced composites and carbon fiber technology.
Carbon fiber rods for RC planes solve a specific problem: how to make a lightweight airframe stiff enough to hold its shape under aerodynamic and landing loads. A solid pultruded rod packs the highest bending stiffness into the smallest diameter of any common reinforcement, which is why it appears e
Carbon fiber plate thickness is the single specification that most strongly controls how a composite panel behaves, yet it is also the one buyers most often guess at. A plate that is too thin flexes under load, transmits vibration, and may delaminate; a plate that is too thick wastes weight and cost
Carbon fiber tube inserts are metal or polymer fittings bonded, pressed, or expanded into the end of a carbon fiber tube so that the tube can be threaded, bolted, or clamped to another component. A pultruded or roll-wrapped carbon tube is a thin hollow shell that cannot be tapped like solid metal, s
Carbon fiber rods / strips are the two most commonly ordered pultruded carbon fiber profiles: round rods for shafts, booms, and guide rails, and flat strips for spars, stiffeners, and braces. Both are made by pulling continuous carbon fiber tows through a resin bath and a heated die, which produces
A carbon fiber plate shoe is a shoe with a thin, curved carbon fiber plate embedded in the midsole foam — most famous as the super-shoe technology behind modern marathon records, but now also found in hiking boots, trail shoes, and work footwear. The plate acts as a lever: it is stiff in bending, so
A carbon fiber rod delta printer is a delta 3D printer whose three vertical guide towers use carbon fiber rods instead of steel rails or chrome shafts. Delta printers move a lightweight effector on three arms, and the rods that guide each carriage determine how smoothly and how fast the head can tra
Carbon fiber sheet material is one of the most widely specified forms of carbon fiber composite: a rigid, flat laminate of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) that provides exceptional stiffness and strength at a fraction of the weight of metal. Engineers choose carbon fiber sheet material when t
A carbon fiber plate foot is a prosthetic or orthotic foot built around a curved carbon fiber plate that flexes during the stance phase of walking and springs back as the foot rolls off the toe. The plate acts as a mechanical spring: it stores the energy of the body landing on the foot and releases
A carbon fiber plate frame is a structural assembly built from flat, machined sheets of carbon fiber reinforced polymer: side plates, cross members, and brackets cut from cured composite plate and joined with screws, inserts, or adhesive. This construction is everywhere in lightweight engineering —