What’s Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Materials?

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites is a high-performance composite material composed of the following main components:

I. Thermoplastic resin matrix

As the matrix of composite materials, thermoplastic resin plays the role of bonding and carrying carbon fibers. Common thermoplastic resin substrates are:
1. Polyamide (PA)
2. Polyphenylene sulfide (PPS)
3. Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)

4. Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)

5. Polypropylene (PP)

II. Carbon fiber reinforcement

1. Long chopped carbon fiber:
– Long chopped carbon fiber has a relatively high length, usually between a few millimeters and several tens of millimeters. Due to its longer length, it can play a better reinforcing role in composite materials and improve the strength and stiffness of materials.
– Thermoplastic composites reinforced with long chopped carbon fiber have high mechanical properties and are suitable for application fields with high requirements for strength and stiffness, such as aerospace and automotive structural parts.
2. Short chopped carbon fiber:
– The length of short chopped carbon fiber is relatively short, generally below a few millimeters. Short chopped carbon fiber has better dispersibility in composite materials and can improve the uniformity and isotropy of materials.
– Thermoplastic composites reinforced with short chopped carbon fiber have advantages in some applications with high requirements for dimensional accuracy and complex molding processes, such as electronic appliance casings and small mechanical parts.
3. Carbon fiber content:
– Carbon fiber content has an important influence on the performance of composite materials. As the carbon fiber content increases, the strength, stiffness and heat resistance of composite materials will increase accordingly.
– However, too high a carbon fiber content will also bring some problems, such as a decrease in the processing performance of materials and an increase in cost. Therefore, in practical applications, it is necessary to select an appropriate carbon fiber content according to specific usage requirements and cost considerations. Generally, composites with a carbon fiber content between 10% and 60% are more common.

What does It Feature?

Notes:

 1. Carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites are excellent. High strength for aerospace. High modulus for precision parts. Impact resistance for drones. High temperature resistance and stability for high-temperature environments. Corrosion resistance

for chemical and marine. Water resistance in humid environments.

2. Other advantages extensive. Wear resistance for mechanical parts. Convenient molding for complex parts. Recyclability sustainable. Electrical properties for electronics. Vibration attenuation reduces noise. Ideal for many fields.

 
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