Part of the investment will be used to install high-volume composite carbon fibre manufacturing equipment.
And yet the central tunnel is bare carbon fibre and you have elbow-room aplenty.
Carbon fibre is replacing steel and aluminium in products ranging from aeroplanes to mountain bikes.
Carbon fibre is made from thin threads that each contain a number of carbon filaments.
It took carbon fibre a quarter of a century to go from laboratory curiosity to engineering material.
Composite is the most common form is carbon fibre and is gradually replacing steel and aluminium in industry.
He runs on carbon fibre curved blades after his legs were amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old.
The idea for Team Philips started on the back of a beer mat and developed into the largest carbon fibre racing yacht.
The X1 Carbon and X1 Carbon Touch are developed from superior grade carbon fibre and deliver legendary durability and the highest levels of performance.
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Instead, the carbon fibre is shipped to SGL Automotive's German factory in Wackersdorf, where a thermoplastic material is injected to bind them together into reinforced plastic sheets.
One of the ways that Chapman added lightness to his cars, the use of composite materials such as carbon fibre and glass-reinforced plastic, is not that practical either.
The XPS Duo 12 features thoughtful design, attractive aesthetics, and is crafted from premium materials such as machined aluminium and carbon fibre, as well as Corning Gorilla Glass for durability.
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But he was stunned in the T44 200m when Brazil's Alan Oliveira beat him into the silver medal position, causing Pistorius to claim Oliveira's carbon fibre prosthetic limbs contravened Games rules.
The detachable Tab holder positioned in the triangular frame is made from quality Carbon fibre featuring the same Carbon specification used on F1 cars and has a fantastic strength to weight ratio.
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"The carbon fibre reinforced plastic parts are at least 30% lighter than aluminium and 50% lighter than steel for identical component use, so the vehicle weighs 300kg less than an ordinary vehicle, " Mr Bauman explains.
Because of the materials used in construction - carbon fibre rather than aluminium - as well as new engines and aerodynamics, Boeing says the Dreamliner is about 20% more fuel efficient than similarly-sized models flying today.
It was not the stiff white dragonfly GlobalFlyer, a delicate construction of carbon fibre with all its interstices filled with fuel, in which in 2005 he had made the first non-stop solo flight round the world.
The i3's cabin will be made from just 35 carbon fibre parts, which simplifies the manufacturing a great deal when compared with similarly-sized conventional cars that would require some 500 alloy steel parts to achieve similar results.
The board's turntable unit has a carbon fibre finish and integrated RGB controlled LED lighting system in order to bring additional style and complete customisation to the table - a design which has quickly become a focal point of the festival following recent pictures being leaked via Twitter.
The complex skeleton of HB-SIA is constructed from carbon-fibre composites formed into honeycomb and sandwich structures.
The advantages of carbon-fibre were exploited by the AMG engineers in the design of the monocoque.
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Carbon-fibre belts prevented the rapidly spinning parts from flying apart under their own centrifugal force.
He also has deals with BT, Oakley, and Ossur, the Icelandic firm that makes his carbon-fibre blades.
The most promising sail material has a carbon-fibre backing coated with a thin layer (just a few tens of atoms thick) of aluminium.
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The battery is located within a carbon-fibre monocoque which forms an integral part of the body shell and acts as the gullwing model's "spine".
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The carbon-fibre battery monocoque is, in addition, conceived as a "zero intrusion cell" in order to meet the very highest expectations in terms of crash safety.
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The carbon-fibre flywheel in the KERS produced in Britain by Flybrid Systems , in conjunction with transmission specialists Xtrac and Torotrak, spins at 60, 000 revolutions a minute.
Another is to use high-tech pressure vessels made of carbon-fibre.
Through their experience with the SLR, the AMG Black Series vehicles and in motorsport, Mercedes-Benz and AMG have accumulated more than 10 years of expertise in working with carbon-fibre materials.
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