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First Have a look at Boyd’s Woven Carbon Rims
Apr
Simply earlier than Sea Otter, Munich Composites introduced the opening of a brand new manufacturing unit in South Carolina the place they’ll make woven carbon fiber bicycle rims utilizing resin switch molding (RTM) building. Boyd Biking founder Boyd Johnson is a part of the group that’s bringing them right here and is the primary to indicate off a prototype rim and “sock” utilizing the expertise.
Whereas these are early samples, they exhibit a few of what’s attainable with the expertise. The rim’s primary construction is woven as a tube, which supplies them a excessive diploma of management over fiber placement, sort, and eventual thickness.
Then different carbon fiber sections will be added the place wanted throughout layup, however the general construction is one piece with steady fibers working all the way in which across the rim.
The “sock” is dry carbon, however will be laid into the mildew with pre-preg sections sometimes utilized in different rims or bike frames. As soon as within the mildew, resin is pumped in underneath excessive strain to soak the dry fibers, and warmth helps remedy it.
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