Carbon Fiber is a polymer and is sometimes known as graphite fiber. It is an extraordinarily resilient material that is also very lightweight. Carbon fiber is five-times stronger than steel and twice as stiff.
Though carbon fiber is stronger and stiffer than steel, it is lighter than steel, thereby making it the ideal manufacturing material for many parts. These are just a few reasons why carbon fiber is favoured among engineers and designers for manufacturing. The fiber can be thinner than a strand of human hair and gets its strength when woven together like yarn.
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The result of this is a high-quality product that is both versatile in its applications and easy to process.
This non-woven fabric is produced from high quality carbon fiber waste, with sizing intact, offering improved fiber-to-resin bonding-strength.
There are a variety of weaves which differ in durability and looks. The strength of a pattern depends on the direction of distributed strands, the way they are laid and moulded. The looser the fabric, the more likely it will fray at the edges and create porosity in fabric, when bent around complex curves. Nevertheless a looser fabric is easier to fit around complex curves than a tighter weave fabric.
Plain weave, or 1x1 weave, carbon fiber fabric is symmetrical and resembles a checkerboard.
Twill weave consists of a 2x2 or 4x4 pattern and is the most commonly recognized type of carbon fiber fabric.
Inspired by the satin weaves of silk fabrics this pattern has excellent draping qualities, while also looking smooth and seamless.
Each weave pattern contains unique properties that make it great for use in some designs due to various factors including strength, formability, stability, and crimp.
