Carbon Fabrics Tapes
High-Quality Carbon Fabric Tapes for Lightweight Construction
What are the advantages of carbon fabric tapes for lightweight construction?
Carbon fabric tapes offer an exceptional strength-to-weight ratio, enabling significant weight reduction while maintaining high stiffness. Compared to materials like aluminum or steel, they provide optimal load distribution and enhance the mechanical performance of composite structures. Various weave types, such as plain weave or UD fabric, allow for precise adaptation to specific design requirements. Additionally, they are corrosion-resistant, highly durable against chemical influences, and contribute to increased energy efficiency in modern lightweight applications.
What are the key properties of carbon fabric?
Carbon fabric consists of high-strength carbon fibers that exhibit exceptional tensile strength, low density, and excellent chemical resistance. Due to their specific fiber architecture, plain weave fabrics provide high compression and bending strength, while UD fabrics (unidirectional) are designed for high-load absorption in a single direction. Compared to metals like aluminum, carbon fabric tapes enable significant weight savings while maintaining stiffness. Depending on the requirement, standard and thermofixed carbon fabric tapes are available, with thermofixed versions offering increased dimensional stability and simplified lamination processes.
Where are carbon fabric tapes used?
Thanks to their exceptional mechanical properties, carbon fabric tapes are widely used in aerospace, automotive engineering, the sports industry, as well as in model building and boat construction. They are employed for high-strength structural components, laminate structures, and localized reinforcements. Particularly in CFRP constructions, these fabric tapes ensure precise load distribution and enhance fatigue resistance. In our online shop for reinforcement fibers, they are available in various weaves and widths, making them suitable for a wide range of fiber-reinforced composites.
Why are carbon fabric tapes a sustainable solution?
Compared to traditional materials like steel or aluminum, carbon fabric enables significant weight reduction, leading to lower energy consumption and reduced CO₂ emissions. Especially in aerospace and automotive applications, they contribute to increased efficiency. Additionally, advancements in recycling technologies are improving the reusability of carbon fiber composites, making them a sustainable choice for the future of lightweight construction.