Flexible carbon fiber plates enable high-performance footwear
Enhancing high-performance footwear. Washington-based startup Carbitex's carbon fiber/thermoplastic composite products are designed to eliminate material compromises in stability vs. flexibility in footwear applications. Pictured here is Carbitex's DFX product. Photo Credit, all images: Carbitex Carbon fiber midsole plates, shanks and other components have been enhancing the performance and reducing the weight of top-tier athletic shoes for years. However, explains Junus Khan, founder and chairman of Carbitex Inc. (Kennewick, Wash., U.S.), even with composites, shoe developers must typically...
Source: compositesworld.com