Proof-of-concept sport yacht features Lexus styling and plenty of CFRP. Earlier this month, Lexus unveiled a running proof-of-concept for a Lexus Sport Yacht, which featured plenty of CFRP ...

Automation is one of the most important strategies for increasing efficiency in production. The positioning and drilling end effector newly developed for a portal system to automate the pre-assembly ...

One of the quieter debuts at last month's Frankfurt Motor Show was also one of the more interesting. The InEco electric car, developed at the Dresden University of Technology's Institute of ...

Get ready for carbon fiber construction to become truly mainstream--BMW has announced plans to triple carbon fiber reinforced plastic output at its Moses Lake facility in Washington state. Currently, ...

In the quest for stronger, more resilient buildings and infrastructure, engineers are turning to innovative solutions, such as concrete-filled steel tube columns (CFST) strengthened with carbon ...

The amount of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRP) used in the global automotive industry is still small, confined mostly to racecars, supercars and high-end luxury vehicles. However, recent ...

Using the A320NEO as an example, it can be shown that with a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of approx. 79,000 kg, an empty weight of approx. 43,000 kg and a structural weight of approx. 28,000 kg ...

Holes can be drilled in carbon-reinforced plastics and other composite materials. Holes can be drilled quickly and automatically in CFRP. Scientists at Laser Center Hannover (LZH), Germany, have ...

A new lightweight design for CFRTP parts combining thermoformed UD carbon fibre rods and injection moulding is described from the idea up to Serial CFRTP structural part for BMW Group body-in-white ...