COMPOSITES

• in industrial end-uses theres a growing need for cost-effective materials that combine strength and functional properties

GLASS FIBRES AND CARBON FIBRES;

• in the transport industry, compistes are often used in car bodies, etc
• could combine a base reinforcement material like glass fibre with plastic resin
• more recently, plastic composites include carbon fibres which provide high strength with lightness
• used in structural composites for aircraft
• in the hand lay-up process, a woven mat of carbon fibres is placed by hand onto the surface of a mould then combined with a liquid polyester resin - brushes/rollers remove trapped air
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