Carbon Fiber is not new in the skiing industry. Many manufacturers include carbon strips within their skis, and some build completely carbon skis. The difference between C6 skis and others carbon fiber skis, is the unique Autoclave Cured Carbon Prepreg (ACCP) technology that C6 has developed over 17 years in the carbon composite business. Almost any other carbon ski is constructed using the wet lamination process involving carbon cloth soaked in resin and sandwiched together. This results in a resin rich laminate, adding excess weight. Wet lamination also cannot prevent inconsistent direction of the fibers so reducing the quality of stiffness and results in a softer ski.
The C6 ACCP ski sandwich is laminated using unidirectional Prepreg carbon fiber. These skins are cooked in our autoclave at 8 atmospheres of pressure and 110 C˚. The advantage in this method of laminating is its perfect alignment of fibers. There is no scaffolding woven into it so all the fibers are straight and the laminate has considerably less resin, providing more stiffness for very little weight.