Japan’s Tokyo Iron and Steel Corporation recently introduced a new twin-shaft extruder. The product can evenly mix carbon nanofibers (CNF materials) with resin materials to produce hybrid resin products. The products are mainly used in automotive applications. The production of plastic parts is expected to be launched in the future as the main product.
With the increasing popularity of new energy vehicles, the competition among automotive-based plastic parts has also become increasingly fierce. The incorporation of carbon nanofibers in resins can effectively increase the strength of resin materials and enable them to replace metal materials. The special stirring method can stir the two materials together evenly at low temperature to produce intelligent composite materials. It takes the initiative in the market.
'Carbon Nanofiber' is a synthetic fiber. The composition is very common nylon, but after the ordinary nylon is made of ultrafine fibers with a diameter of several tens of nanometers (1 nanometer to 1 billionth of a meter), Almost the same hygroscopic properties as cotton fibers. No change in diameter in millimeters, or micron units (1 micron to 1 millionth of a meter).
CNF is a fiber with a diameter of 3 nm to several tens of nanometers obtained by chemically and mechanically treating plant fibers such as wood. The CNF is mixed with a resin to form a lightweight, high-strength CNF reinforced resin. Currently in the automotive field , The use of CNF reinforced resin to reduce the development of internal and external components is very active.
The NCV project will develop CNF-reinforced automotive parts and will also promote the use of CNF and CNF reinforced resins in other fields such as home appliances and industrial machinery. The Ministry of Environment will invest a total of approximately 12 billion yen in the NCV project by 2020. For specific applications, it is expected to invest in the evaluation of performance of CNF reinforced resins and the development of processes to reduce manufacturing process costs, and the development of CNF reinforced resin recycling methods.
The company developed the right and left non-nickname special eccentric material