Over the past three decades, the manufacture of bicycle frames has advanced rapidly from an industry traditionally centered on steel to the use of extremely lightweight materials, including steel and ...

Vehicle lightweighting isn’t an ideal, it’s an imperative. Alongside ever-improving safety equipment, the batteries and complex powertrains that push cars more miles per gallon are making cars heavier ...

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 ...

A carbon fiber is prepared for mounting in a device to test its adhesion to a polymer matrix. ORNL researchers are using polymer nanofibers to increase the adhesion, and thus the performance, of ...

In September this year, Rock West Composites (RWC) announced a significant expansion of its in-stock, carbon fiber tubing for high-performance carbon bicycle frame applications. Carbon composite ...

Modellers and makers who have been around the block for a few decades generally have their preferred materials. Balsa wood, sheet metal, brass tube… these were all staples of the hobbyist workshop.

1 - Water-Cooling with Hardline Tubing Guide: Pre-Bent Brass 2 - Water-Cooling with Hardline Tubing Guide: Carbon Fibre 3 - A Brief Note on Fittings Next Following on from our previous PETG and ...