Ensinger recently launched a series of highly loaded thermoplastic carbon fibre composites. Components made of this composite material offer high mechanical strength alongside excellent heat distortion properties.
Stock shapes made using the new TECATEC product series comprise a thermoplastic matrix and a woven fabric of carbon fibre bundles. This combination ensures the achievement of significantly higher tensile and flexural strength compared to fibre reinforced extrudates. The lightweight materials also offer good chemical resistance and are radiolucent, making them ideally suited for external fixation devices and surgical instruments.
TECATEC PEEK CW50 makes use of the matrix polymer VICTREX PEEK, which is compressed with laminated woven carbon fabric mats. A special coating on the fabric helps to reduce the number of faults. A carbon fibre fabric component of 50 per cent ensures extremely good torsional stiffness and minimal tendency to warp even after multiple sterilization cycles. These attributes make for a long service life of components.
composite materials
Aerospace Consulting
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