Related Keywords: automated fiber placement, carbon fiber, CFRP manufacturing process, fabric, fabric formation, Fibrtec’s, glass fiber-based fabrics, layers the fabrics with thermoplastic resin films, lower cost continuous fiber reinforced polymer, polyamide resin, pseudo-fabrics, thermoplastic materials, weaving method, woven
This project offers a new CFRP manufacturing process when compared to the two other typically deployed processes which have significant drawbacks that limit their mainstream, high-volume use in the automotive and aerospace industries. One mainstream current technique weaves dry carbon fiber tows into a fabric, layers the fabrics with thermoplastic resin films, and later heats and compresses them into a well-consolidated composite. While this method is ultimately effective in creating a carbon fiber fabric, the process has several drawbacks.
