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STEP 4: SPRAYED TEMPLATE WITH ALUMINIUM WITH A
STEP 2: PRIME TEMPLATES SHELF LINER ON TOP.
STEP 1: FORM THE TEMPLATES STEP 3: SPRAYED TEMPLATE WITH MATT BLACK
Carbon Fibre Manufacturing
Carbon fiber dates back to 1879 when •Creating carbon fibre involves both
Thomas Edison baked at a high chemical and mechanical processes.
temperature, cotton or bamboo silver
threads that carbonized them into an •It begins by drawing long fiber strands and
all-carbon fiber filament. then heating them at a very high
temperature without allowing oxygen to
Carbon Fiber is a polymer and is sometimes come into contact, to prevent the fibers
known as graphite fibre. It is a very strong from burning.
material that is also very lightweight.
•This is when carbonization happens, which
Carbon fibre can be thinner than a strand is when the atoms within the fibers vibrate
of human hair and gets its strength when violently, expelling most non-carbon atoms.
twisted together like yarn. Then it can be
woven together to form cloth and if needed EXAMPLES •This leaves a fiber made up of long, tightly
to take a permanent shape, carbon fibre interlocked chains of carbon atoms with
can be laid over a mould and coated in resin just a few non-carbons.
or plastic.
•A typical sequences used to form carbon
Carbon fibre can be used for: bike frames, fibers from polyacrylonitrile involves
aircraft wings, containers and car spinning, stabilizing, carbonizing, treating
components. the surface and sizing.
