Carbon Fibre To Become More Mainstream in Vehicles? Nissan and Honda Say Sure!

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I read, I think in The Telegraph Motoring that the KTM X-bow uses a different kind of weave/structure that isn't as strong or light as tradition CF but is still a significant improvement on GRP etc.

Toronado
I didn't know you could recycle carbon fiber. Hmm.
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As far as I know, tradionally you can't. The resin required is usually something like Epoxy which is thermosetting. Ofcourse, thermoplastics could always be used and "melted" away from the carbon strands.
Anyways, this is pretty good news, though it does make carbon fiber seem less special (not that Ferrari wasn't working at doing that already). I wonder what the process is, or when the changeover will start to occur. Is carbon fiber lighter than fiberglass?[/SIZE][/FONT]
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It's stronger, so less is required.
 
It would be kind of hard to make it tons at a time, becuase cf is manmade, and it will be almost impossible to lower the cost of it.
 
Jim Prower
Thing is, as a Manufacturing Engineer, this development DIRECTLY EFFECTS my chosen career field. I want to know MORE about these processes.
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I was watching a doco on Discovery channel only a week or so ago about the process going into making mass produced CF panels. Cannot remember the name of the show for the life of me but if you searched hard enough through their database something should pop up. Basically, they made a panel for a mid 50's car completely out of CF and the sound when it was struck was exactly like a metal bell. It's allowing them to mesh tens of layers of CF cloth together to create any shape they require.
 
mafia_boy
I was watching a doco on Discovery channel only a week or so ago about the process going into making mass produced CF panels. Cannot remember the name of the show for the life of me but if you searched hard enough through their database something should pop up. Basically, they made a panel for a mid 50's car completely out of CF and the sound when it was struck was exactly like a metal bell. It's allowing them to mesh tens of layers of CF cloth together to create any shape they require.
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They've mentioned mass carbon fibre production on several shows, Future Car, 2057, and even How It's Made.
 
Joey D
They've mentioned mass carbon fibre production on several shows, Future Car, 2057, and even How It's Made.
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Did they mention any companies or how feasible it is? Do you know if there are purchaseable copies of these shows (and their airdates, if possible)?
 
Carbon fibre needs to be mass produced and engineered for all cars simply for the fuel saving benefits. So OPEC be damned!
 

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