The production process of carbon fiber tubes includes winding, roll wrapped, compression molding, autoclave and other forming methods. The price and performance varies with different processes. The production process mainly related to the actual usage requirements and the specifications of the carbon tube. In actual production, most of the carbon fiber tubes are produced by laminating carbon fiber prepregs, which can reduce the prepreg process in the early stage and greatly improve production efficiency.
How are carbon fiber tubes made? Generally speaking, carbon fiber tubes are made of carbon fiber prepreg layer by layer and then put into a hot press machine or autoclave for high-temperature and high- pressure curing. The processing method should be determined according to the actual application of the carbon fiber tube.
There are many types of carbon fiber tubes. Generally, carbon fiber tubes can be divided into round tubes, square tubes, special-shaped tubes, etc. According to the number of tows, they can be divided into 3k, 6k, 9k, 12k and other specifications. According to the surface treatment, they can also be divided into matte finishing and glossy finishing surface, most of the pipes need to be customized according to the drawing.
At present, the diameter of carbon fiber tubes can reach 5-450mm, with the wall thickness 1-30mm, and the longest length 6000mm. In general, the carbon fiber tubes come with 2-5mm wall thickness X 10-30mm diameter, and 150-300mm length. Currently, most of the carbon fiber tubes produced in our company are of the above specifications.
Carbon fiber pipes have great hardness, and the higher modulus, the more brittler the carbon fiber pipe will be. When machine the pipe, you should pay more attention that the sharp point force will cause the cracking of the carbon fiber tube. Runfeng CFRP has rich skills in the carbon fiber tube production, and provide drilling, polishing and machining services to avoid secondary processing losses caused by lack of experience.
The carbon fiber tubes are widely used in many industries, due to their excellent hardness. Such as aircraft wings, robotic arms, rollers, etc. If you need the customized carbon fiber tubes, pls contact us, and we will always welcome your visiting.