I have recently been contacted by a R&D engineer from a “global leader in eyewear” industry to know my thoughts on bio-composites: the state of the art and currently applications. Here you have the summary of this very interesting collaboration.
The eyewear industry make mainly use of synthetic polymers, such as Polyamide 12 and its derivatives and of cellulose acetate. Actually, there are niche production of carbon fibre composite frames too …keep reading→
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