Long carbon fiber thermoplastics for injection molding
- Polymer Composites Inc., Winona, MN (United States)
Thermoplastic composite materials have been under intense evaluation for the past decade in a variety of applications. Engineering polymers reinforced with long (12 mm) carbon fiber are a class of materials that provide easy processing and performance benefits between that of continuous and chopped carbon fiber reinforced materials. Commercially available materials include polyamide 66, polyphenylene sulfide and thermoplastic polyurethanes. Injection molding of these materials permits the fabrication of complex shapes that retain fiber length and have performance intermediate to that of chopped and continuous carbon fiber reinforced materials. Performance characteristics, processing costs and applications will be discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 143642
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930246--; ISBN 0-87339-251-5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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