ELG Carbon Fibers is investing in expanding the ability to recover fiber from uncured prepreg and laminate raw materials, as well as the commercialization of the company's Cabbiso MB product line for reinforcing thermoplastic compounds. Market leader for recyclable carbon fiber materials is responding Demand for a large number of commercial applications. In the past two years, this growth has mainly benefited from development projects and technical cooperation with leading automotive and aerospace OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers.
ELG’s existing UK plant currently has highly specialized recovery and conversion equipment to support the reintroduction of the production of recycled carbon fiber products into the supply chain. In 2016, ELG installed custom-made non-woven fabrics to promote the use of recycled carbon in the composites industry. Production line, producing 100-500 gsm, 2.7 m wide carbon fiber and hybrid thermoplastic mats. These products are currently being used in the production of automotive plans.
ELG now invests its resources into the commercialization of the Cabbiso MB product used to strengthen the thermoplastics industry. MB products are masterbatches produced by converting high-grade shredded fibers into pellets and aiming at the traditional use of chopped The use of native carbon fibres is customised. An example of this product is the Cabbiso MB PA66/60 - masterbatch consisting of 60% polyamide (PA) 66 and 40% carbon fibre.
ELG's technical partner, Sangu, has become part of the MB Series development phase. Both parties have conducted extensive trials of various fiberglass-reinforced composites using ELG's regenerated carbon fiber reinforced composites in various demonstration parts and have achieved impressive results. The weight loss.
To support this growth in finished product production, ELG is upgrading its pyrolysis furnace to increase its current annual capacity of 1,000 tons of carbon fiber. This upgrade will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2018, after which ELG estimates that it will be able to provide The customer delivered 1,700 tons of carbon fiber products.
'We attach great importance to investing in providing customers with viable, high-volume native carbon fiber alternatives', commented Managing Director ELG Carden. 'Recycling carbon fiber and converting it into consistent, affordable products has now become a reality. The required amount of product can be provided at the speed required by the industry.