Wind energy, powered by stringent renewable energy standards and larger installations offshore, will overtake aerospace as the largest user of advanced composite materials. The overall market for advanced composites – based on carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, and graphene – more than triples to $25.8 billion by 2020, according to a research report. The use…

The lightest weight, double-bias-carbon fabric is now available. The C-BX 0300 (100 gsm) is the newest product in the VectorUltra line of reinforcements . “For the first time, we have a product that is lightweight and offers better mechanical properties than traditional 1K woven carbon fabrics,” says Vectorply Corp. Co-President Trey Sawtelle.      …