ADVANTAGES OF CARBON FABRICS
Carbon is a composite material and thus distinguishes clearly from quasi-isotropic materials like steel or aluminum.
The following is an overview of carbon properties:
- Density 1,5 to 1,6g/cm3
- Anisotropic material properties (direction dependent)
- thermal expansion -0,1*10-6/K along the fiber
- High strength and stiffness-weight ratio
- High vibration resistance
- good formability
- radiolucent
- High corrosion resistance compared with metals (depending on medium, concentration, exposure time and temperature)
This offers the following benefits:
- The low weight results in a low mass inertia for rapid accelerations.
- The very low thermal expansion offers maximum accuracy for measuring devices at fluctuating temperatures. No readjustment required.
- Greater flexibility in design thanks to extreme possibilities of forming.
- Interesting optical effects.
We are pleased to advise you in the use of carbon for your application.