Other Cheaper Carbon Fiber???

[Sanoman]

l read in the paper today (yes,some of us still like paper as opposed to a screen!) that several firms are coming together to make a cheaper carbon fiber...And coming out of Oak Ridge,TN

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/mar/26/ornl-consortium-working-on-cheaper-carbon-fiber/

 

[vodie0212]

awesome article!!! thanks for sharing. hope it works out for all of us

 

[MADMAT]

Good read...

"He said the energy industry invests only 0.3 percent of its revenue into research and development."

Yet those fuggers will tell you they need those MAAAAAASIVE profits to invest in R & D!

 

[FearMyWrX]

There are deff on to something here. Similar to what Beoing is did with the 787 (Dreamliner)

I forsee this being something of the future. Hopefully it can be done affordable.

 

[camojoe]

Revenue and profits are two different things. I can have revenue of a million dollars and still not have a profit. Sounds like another solyndra... I hope its not but we will see. What I mean is that this 40 company consortium could have happened a lot sooner than it did and could have been done probably a lot cheaper if it wasn't a government grant that was given. If each of these companies would have reached into there own company pockets and 'granted' $850,000 to the good of the entire sector, which by the way is easily attainable for these companies, they would have had the $35 million long ago. When you spend money that's not yours you usually don't spend it the way you would if it came out of your pocket.

 

[Matt_E]

Good read...

"He said the energy industry invests only 0.3 percent of its revenue into research and development."

Yet those fuggers will tell you they need those MAAAAAASIVE profits to invest in R & D!

"Energy industry" is a very broad term. What the above statement actually applies to: public utilities, power companies, anything to do with the electric power grid in North America, and particularly the US.
They are operating on infrastructure that is physically 3-5 decades old and conceptually it dates back to Tesla and Edison, with extremely few changes.
Good illustration: If A.G. Bell were transported to 2013, he'd look at cell phones and have no clue what he's looking at.
If Tesla / Edison (just not both, hah!) were transported to 2013 and look at the power grid infrastructure, they'd be intimately familiar with it.

The companies I talk about do not have massive profits, typically. They are just very very slow to adopt new technology for various reasons. The money they spend on R&D is the lowest anywhere (by percentage).

 

[MADMAT]

Gotcha...

 

[Sanoman]

How did this thread get political? Just thought it would be great to pay less for carbon fiber.Geez,lighten up guys.

 

[OCD Solutions]

I don't know but let's get it back on track...somewhat.

Starting april 8th, I will be working in the same building where Boeing contructs the 787 carbon fiber sections. I haven't seen the wrapping process yet but I have walked past the cart where they were assembling the shell and inserting composite reinforcement struts. All pretty cool stuff.

 

[MADMAT]

I am and have always been a little amazed that we the people can even get carbon anything! It seems like it would all be gobbled up my massive industry.