Applications of carbon fiber
Field | Category | Applications |
Aerospace | Aircraft | primary structural material: main wings, tail units, fuselages, vertical and horizontal tail plane; secondary structural material: ailerons, rudders, elevators, belly fairing; interior material: floor panels, beams, lavatory units, seats |
Rockets | nozzle cones, motor cases | |
Satellites | antennas, solar battery panels, tube truss structural materials | |
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Sports | Fishing equipment | fishing rods, reels |
Golf equipment | shafts, caddy | |
Rackets | hockey, tennis, badminton, squash | |
Marine | canoes, sailboats, cruisers, racing boats, masts | |
Others | baseball bats, skis, ski poles, snowboards, Kendo swords, bow and arrow, radio-controlled model cars and model aircrafts, table tennis and billiard equipment | |
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Industrial materials | Automobiles | propeller shafts, racing cars, CNG tanks |
Motorcycles | racing cowls, muffler covers | |
Bicycles | frames, wheels, handle bars | |
Cars and containers | train car bodies, linear motorcar bodies, seats | |
Wind Energy | wind turbine blade reinforcement | |
Off-shore (oil and gas) | umbilicals, tethers, risers | |
Machinery parts | plate blades, robot arms, bearings, gears, cams, bearing retainers, pump parts | |
High-speed rotors | centrifugal separator rotors, flywheels, industrial rollers, shafts | |
Electric & Electronic | parabola antennas, audio speakers, housings, IC carriers | |
Pressure vessels | hydraulic cylinders, gas cylinders | |
Chemical equipment | agitating vanes, pipes, tanks | |
Medical equipment | X-ray equipment, operation device parts, prostheses, orthoses, wheelchairs | |
Construction | cables, concrete reinforcement, antistatic flooring, wall paper, plastering | |
Printers | printer bearings, cams, housings, antistatic brushes | |
Others | umbrellas, helmets, sheet heating elements, spectacle frames |