The Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) is the world's largest and most well-known plastics industry association. The 13th Automotive Engineering Plastics Conference (AutoEPCON) they organized was held on the outskirts of Detroit from April 30th to May 1st. Among them, a Chicago Custom Composites Distributor JM Polymers, An interesting new type of granular carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite was introduced for the first time.
This material is called FiberX2 because it uses carbon fiber (CF) recycled from aerospace and sporting goods, plus PIR polyamide 6/6 (PA 6/6) resin from the automotive industry. This combination makes new The product and the parts made from it are more environmentally friendly because it collects, cleans and re-uses fibers and resins with much less energy than new fibers and resins. In addition to lower carbon emissions, with the same fiber length The company saved an additional 15-20% in cost compared to the load-level material. JM also stated that this product has a 1.5- to 1.8-fold increase in tensile strength compared to long fiberglass polypropylene (for 50% LFT-PP pulls) The tensile strength is 124 MPa, and the tensile strength is 184 MPa for 20% CF-PA 6/6.
FiberX2 initially provides 20, 30, and 40% of the amount of reinforced carbon fiber. Interestingly, 30% seems to be the best equilibrium point because the tensile strength values of the original CF-PA 6/6 comparing the same fiber length and load level indicate , 30% load (221 MPa) has the same value, while at 20% (184 to 190 MPa) and 40% (221 to 234) their values are slightly lower. Similarly, when comparing the flexural modulus, in addition to Outside the 20% level, the bending stiffness of recycled compounds is slightly higher than the original material. The company says that it can adjust its size to ensure good bonding with polyamide.
According to Josh Ullrich, President and CEO of JM Polymers, JM Corporation and Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, USA) began developing products in 2014. They are currently developing several projects in the automotive manufacturing sector. The company's next steps plan A composite material reinforced with 15% glass fiber and 5% carbon fiber was introduced. Although this material has low stiffness and strength, it provides better impact strength and lower cost than all of the same grades of carbon fiber. Ullrich added: 'As a custom composite material, we have the ability to adjust formulations to meet customer needs, such as when customers need materials with specific mechanical properties.'