Carbon Fiber

Carbon Fiber

• Carbon Fiber Sheet

Carbon fiber wing joiner

Carbon fiber reinforced plastic is a plastic (often epoxy) with embedded carbon fibers resulting in high strength and light weight.

Carbon Fiber Properties

Some of the unique features of carbon fiber include:

• High strength - carbon fiber is approximately triple the stiffness of fiberglass but more expensive.
  
• Low weight
• Low thermal expansion
  

Machining Carbon Fiber

eMachineShop allows you to design custom carbon fiber parts using: Counter boring ... Counter sinking ... Drilling ...  Milling ... Reaming ... Band sawing ... Threading & Tapping ... Turning (lathe) and Waterjet Cutting.

Applications of Carbon Fiber

Carbon fiber is used in:

• Aerospace
• Micro air vehicles
• R/C planes and cars
• Auto racing
• Sailing
• Bicycles
• Motorcycles
• Laptop computers
• Tripods
• Fishing rods
• Sporting equipment
• Musical instruments