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Originally Posted by kach22i
RE: Carbon Fiber’s Move into the Mainstream
Someone should find a way to combine 3D Printers with Carbon Fiber.
Maybe flash setting resin and a pile of CF?
Use a Lazer to set the resin?
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Making actual carbon fiber to meet structural requirements (not just look pretty) is very involved and is beyond the average layperson's capability. Just ask the Iranians.
Back when I was at McDonnell Douglas, I was involved in making carbon fiber panels for some ill-fated solar power system. Very complex.
We actually do a lot of carbon fiber research here at work (but I'm not involved):
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ORNL has a 40-year history in research, development, demonstration and deployment of fiber-reinforced composite materials. For the past decade ORNL has led the Department of Energy's low-cost carbon fiber initiative. ORNL is designing and constructing the Carbon Fiber Technology Facility, a $35 million pilot plant capable of producing up to 25 tons of new low-cost carbon fibers from several different precursors.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Oak Ridge establishes carbon fiber composites consortium