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MATERIALS: PUSHING BOUNDARIES recycling

Fig. 3: ELG
partnership with Land
Rover (Courtesy of
Land Rover BAR)

this though, is the cost for carbon fibre
is still prohibitively high - rCF partly
addresses this issue but offers benefits
through processing also. Nonwoven
mats utilise recovered fibres chopped
to between 60 and 80mm in length,
mechanically mingled, to produce a
versatile ply style material with exceptional drape characteristics. Unlike
conventional carbon fabrics which rely
on shearing to conform, nonwovens
allow for an element of stretch too.
Components which once required
lengthy, accurate preforming stages
with virgin fabrics, can now be placed
directly into a press process with little,
to no work on the nonwoven plies.
Combined with resin chemistry which
has matured to a level where snap cure
systems are available from multiple
suppliers, cycle times of seconds and
minutes are achievable; not hours and
days. Furthermore, nonwoven mats can
be comingled with thermoplastic fibres
like PP or PA6 to act as the matrix
system in the composite. Not only does
this omit the need for the addition of
resins but could further reduce processing time and cost.

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The recreation market: The use of carbon fibre in the consumer/recreation
market is dominated by the production
of golf shafts and areas where long
continuous fibres are desired, and their
price accepted. However, the recent
partnership with Land Rover BAR
(Ben Ainslie Racing) and ELG carbon
fibre shows the impetus within the low
volume sectors to focus on rCFs.
Furthermore, as with the Auto market,
the use of high performance materials
often filters down into the mainstream.
ELG and Land Rover BAR are working
together to ensure that the carbon fibre
process waste and end-of-use components from the team are recycled as far
as possible, to promote the most economic and environmentally efficient
use, setting an example to others within
the marine sector.
Injection moulding is a process
that spans all three major sectors.
Traditionally, carbon fibre has been
too expensive and in too short supply
for mass application. Again, the cost
challenge can be addressed with the
use of rCFs. With optimised design,

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components once produced with glass
fibre can be replaced cost neutrally
whilst seeing a reduction in weight
and increase in structural and thermal
performance.
Conclusion
In short, components produced in high
volumes are defined by having little or
no variation at a beneficial bulk unit
price. The materials feeding into these
volumes need to exhibit and provide
the same characteristics. Whether that
is the hundreds of thousands of parts
produced in the automotive sector,
or the thousands of tonnes of fibre
required in the renewables market, we
are now able to consider recycled fibres
as a viable alternative to costly virgin
fibre formats. From secured feed stock
supply, to consistency in fibre properties and matured methods of producing
converted products, rCFs are now very
much ready to step into the high-volume market.
More information:
www.elgcf.com


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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #119 - March 2018

Cover
Edito
Opinion: Aeronautics
Contents
NEWS
In brief
Agenda
BUSINESS
KPIs - Up-to-date key performance indicators for the fibre-reinforced plastics market
Opportunities - Advanced plastics and composites break through the automotive sector
EV - China: driving the whole car supply chain, electric vehicles are in full swing
MANUFACTURING
Surface - New machine system takes surface finishing to a new level
3D printing - Additive manufacturing of highperformance composite structures
Automotive - Body in black versus body in white
Automotive - Sheet moulding compression of prepreg sheets for a composite subframe
Simulation - High-quality sound-absorbing automotive carpets
Curing - GRP composite manufacturing optimization: opportunities with UV curing
FEATURE Materials: pushing boundaries - Do materials have their limits?
Fastener - High-resistance fastener for structural composite parts
Recycling - Applications of recycled carbon fibre in high volume manufacturing
Resin - High-performance epoxy/carbon fibre SM
Honeycomb - High-performance polypropylene honeycomb boards at minimal cost
CFRTP - Beautiful, lightweight, and tunable
SOLUTIONS
Aeronautics - A demountable composite wing box for private planes
Civil engineering - Repair and replacement of concrete pipes with carbon composites
Sports - Sustainable composite manufacturing kicks into high gear
Medical - lmproving lives with carbon composites
TECHNOLOGY
NDT - NDT in-line inspection using the NIDIT procedure
Assembly - Ensuring the durability of adhesive-bonded assemblies
Index
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