[AR] Re: Carbon Fiber Injection Molded parts
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:33:44 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 16 Apr 2018, gandalf@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
That was what I was wondering about, so the strength isn't there as
opposed to using Carbon fiber reinforced polymer, correct?
Randomly-oriented short fibers aren't *useless* -- the stuff will be quite
a bit stronger than the plastic by itself -- but they definitely aren't
nearly as good as a dense network of carefully-placed long fibers.
Strong enough to be useful, especially given low production cost, but not
a replacement for The Good Stuff.
You would have to weigh strength versus costs then.
As always.
Henry
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