Iranian Researchers Produce Woven Carbon Fiber Fabrics Impregnated with Polymer Resins
Woven carbon fibre fabrics can be impregnated with polymer resins in order to produce a very stiff and lightweight material.
"For the first time in Iran, we decided to use carbon fiber fabric impregnated with resins by a group of young researchers in our country in order to meet demands in the field of health including various orthoses in the field of rehabilitation. The project could be very useful in industries such as manufacturing drone, aerospace industries, automotive industries and in general in industries where stiff and lightweight material is used,” said Meissam Metaji, a PhD student in ergonomics at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and the executive director of the project to produce woven carbon fibre fabrics, according to the public relations department of USWR.
The researcher said that after he and his teammates found out that domestic needs for woven carbon fibre fabrics is met by importing foreign materials, they decided to produce it inside the country to meet domestic needs. “Considering the various applications of this product, we took advantage of the advice of the Center for the Development of Medical Equipment and Rehabilitation Science, Rehabilitation and Social Health to investigate, conducted various studies, and performed numerous tests,” Metaji also said.
He said that domestically production of the mentoined product enjoys a number of advantages over the imported ones such as lower price, being more economic friendly by emitting less greenhouse gases, more availability, and less weight.
“We have produced carbon fiber fabrics impregnated with Iranian resins which are very light, easy to use, easy to keep them in small refrigerators and also with the potential to chop them into the desired shape without release of toxic gases,” the researcher said, voicing hope for support from government.
Carbon fibre can also be “chopped”, which is a form of carbon fibre made from short and broken fibres that can be placed in a random pattern, meaning that when it is impregnated with resin, the strength of the composite material is in all directions, as opposed to woven carbon fibre composite, whose fibres are normally laid in two directions.
He said various industries and the health sector are the main customers for the locally manufactured products produced by the country's young researchers and technologists.
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