The automotive industry is extremely cost sensitive. This is one of the main reasons why sheet molding compound (SMC) compression molding is the most popular fiber-reinforced polymeric composites manufacturing method in this industry. SMC compression molding economics are better suited for the automotive industry than processes such as resin transfer molding or any of its variations. For automotive SMC molders to take advantage of the added stiffness provided by carbon fibers, as an alternative to the widely used glass fibers, the manufacturing process needs to be simplified as much as possible. In actual manufacturing of SMC it is not easy to combine glass fibers with carbon fibers; it will be a lot more convenient to combine SMC plies only with carbon fibers together with SMC plies with only glass fibers. This will also allow molders that will normally use only glass fibers-based SMC to secure carbon fiber SMC from a separate supplier and use it only where it makes economic sense. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the relative improvement in physical properties that can be achieved by substituting glass fibers by carbon fibers in a per ply basis. POLYM. COMPOS. 27:718-722, 2006.


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    Title :

    An economical way of using carbon fibers in sheet molding compound compression molding for automotive applications


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Polymer Composites ; 27 , 6 ; 718-722


    Publication date :

    2006


    Size :

    5 Seiten, 8 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 5 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






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