July 2022

Carbon fibre is a material composed by extremely thin filaments, mainly made up of carbon atoms bonded together. The manufacturing processes, the alignment, thickness and shape in which these filaments are arranged, will define the behaviour and final characteristics of these fabrics. The following are some of the...

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The Carbon fibre is one of the lightest and strongest materials currently available, and is made up of filaments with diameters much smaller than even human hair (between 5 and 10 microns). The main precursor of carbon fibre is a PAN (polyacrylonitrile), ...

What does it mean that a fibre is 1K, 3K, 6K, 12K...? Read More »