Carbon Fiber Fabrics Have A Broad Market In Clothing Production

Carbon fiber can be used for weaving in textile industry. Carbon fiber has been rapidly developed and applied in the textile industry because of its high strength, small specific gravity, high temperature resistance, friction resistance, corrosion resistance and other characteristics.

Carbon fiber can be processed into various fabrics, and because of its soft processability, it has been applied in the textile industry.

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) is a kind of high performance fiber material with practical and potential applications in many fields.

In addition, carbon fiber materials are used in textile machinery parts due to their lightweight and high strength characteristics to reduce energy consumption and improve production efficiency. For example, the use of carbon fiber shuttle and arrow shaft not only reduces the weight, but also improves the shuttle frequency and service life.

Carbon fiber is also used to manufacture new energy equipment components such as wind turbine blade girder and carbon carbon composite crucible for photovoltaic, which promotes the realization of the "double carbon" goal.

In textile machinery, the application forms of carbon fiber include shuttle and arrow pole, carbon fiber heald frame and winding core of winder, etc. These applications help to improve the performance and efficiency of textile machinery. These application examples of carbon fiber show that carbon fiber can not only be used for weaving, but also play an important role in lightweight and efficiency improvement of textile machinery.

Therefore, the application of carbon fiber in the textile industry is feasible and is becoming an important development direction.

Carbon fiber can be used to make combed and knitted fabrics:

Carbon fiber can be used to make combed and knitted fabrics. Due to its high strength, small specific gravity, high temperature resistance, friction resistance, corrosion resistance and other characteristics, carbon fiber can be processed into various fabrics, including combed fabrics and knitted fabrics.

Combed carbon fiber cloth: carbon fiber can be made into woven cloth according to different weaving methods, mainly plain cloth, twill cloth, satin cloth, one-way cloth, etc.

Knitted carbon fiber cloth: carbon fiber can also be made into knitted cloth, mainly including warp knitted cloth, weft knitted cloth, round machine cloth, flat machine cloth, etc.

These different types of carbon fiber cloth can be used in a variety of applications, including aerospace, sports and entertainment equipment, and other industrial uses. Therefore, carbon fiber can indeed be used to make combed fabrics and knitted fabrics, and has been applied in many fields.

Carbon fabric can be used to make clothes:

Carbon fiber fabrics can be used to make clothes. Carbon fiber fabric is very suitable for making social standard functional clothing, as well as some scientific and technological functional clothing, because of its advantages such as warmth retention, anti ultraviolet, anti-bacterial, moisture absorption and perspiration, flame retardant, waterproof, anti-static, etc. For example, carbon fiber fabrics are widely used in special industries such as fireproof clothing, anti-virus clothing, bulletproof clothing, radiation proof clothing, aerospace clothing, diving clothing, mountaineering clothing, polar clothing, etc.

In addition, the basic characteristics and advantages of carbon fiber materials make it possible to apply them to special clothing fabrics.

Carbon fiber fabrics are also used to make fashion element materials, such as shoes, hats, belts, jewelry, wallets, spectacle frames, and travel products, such as luggage. These products are not only practical, but also show the fashionable characteristics of carbon fiber, such as high cooling, tenacity, pride and elegance.

Therefore, carbon fiber fabrics can be used not only for making functional clothing, but also for fashion clothing to meet diverse needs.

Classification of carbon fiber varieties and standards:

The varieties of carbon fiber can be classified according to different classification standards, mainly including the following:

According to the source of raw materials, carbon fibers can be divided into polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based carbon fibers, pitch based carbon fibers, viscose based carbon fibers, phenolic based carbon fibers and vapor grown carbon fibers.

Classification by state: carbon fiber can be divided into filament, staple and chopped fiber.

According to the mechanical properties, carbon fiber can be divided into general type, high strength type, medium modulus high strength type, high model and ultra-high model carbon fiber.

Classification according to tow specification: carbon fiber can be divided into small tow and large tow. Small tow carbon fiber is mainly used in aerospace, military industry and sports and leisure fields, while large tow carbon fiber is mainly used in basic industries.

According to the final heat treatment temperature, carbon fiber can be divided into high heat treatment carbon fiber (HTT), intermediate heat treatment carbon fiber (IHT) and low heat treatment carbon fiber.

Classification by product form: carbon fiber can also be divided into continuous long fiber, short fiber yarn, carbon fiber fabric and carbon fiber braided belt.

These classification standards provide a variety of carbon fibers for different purposes to meet the needs of different industries and applications.

Classification code of carbon fiber:

The classification code of carbon fiber is mainly based on the following aspects:

According to the classification of raw materials, carbon fiber can be divided into polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based, asphalt based (isotropic, mesophase) and adhesive based.

According to the manufacturing conditions and methods, carbon fibers can be divided into carbon fibers (800-1600 ℃), graphite fibers (2000-3000 ℃), oxidized fibers (200-300 ℃ for pre oxidized fibers), activated carbon fibers, and vapor grown carbon fibers.

According to the mechanical properties, carbon fibers can be divided into general purpose (GP) and high performance (HP). High performance (HP) carbon fibers can be subdivided into medium strength (MT), high strength (HT), ultra-high strength (UHT), medium model (IM), high model (HM), and ultra-high model (UHM).

Classification by tow specification: generally named according to the ratio of the number of monofilaments in the carbon fiber to 1000, for example, 12K refers to the carbon fiber with 12000 monofilaments in a single bundle of carbon fibers.

National standard: Chinese national standard Carbon Fiber Classification and Code specifies the classification of continuous carbon fiber, the content and method of product code, including the code of the standard on which the code is prepared, the type of parent fiber for manufacturing carbon fiber, the tensile strength, tensile elastic modulus, linear density of carbon fiber, and other additional contents with additional requirements.

These classifications and codes help to standardize the identification of carbon fiber products and provide guarantee for the healthy development of the carbon fiber industry.

Carbon fiber recycling:

Carbon fiber can be recycled. The recovery methods of carbon fiber composites can be classified into three categories: physical recovery, chemical treatment and pyrolysis. These methods can separate carbon fibers from composites and reuse them.

Physical recovery method: the composite material is cut into small pieces through mechanical processing, such as cutting and crushing, and then the powder and fiber materials are extracted through screening.

Chemical recovery method: use chemical solvent to degrade resin at low temperature to separate carbon fiber.

Pyrolysis treatment: the resin in the composite material is volatilized through thermal treatment, and the usable carbon fiber is finally recovered.

The recovered carbon fiber is difficult to maintain a continuous fiber state, and its length is mostly less than 120mm. According to the length range of the fiber, the recycled carbon fiber can be used in different application paths:

When the fiber length is less than 6mm, it can be added into the composite raw material as filler;

The fiber length of 6mm to 70mm can be prepared into carbon felt or SMC material;

The thermoplastic strip can be prepared with a fiber length of 70mm to 120mm, maintaining the fiber orientation.

The recycled carbon fiber on the market mainly exists in the form of powder, particle, filament, etc. Its performance can reach 90% - 95% of the performance of the original carbon fiber.

Reasonable utilization of recycled carbon fiber can not only reduce the cost of products, but also solve the waste problem of carbon fiber products and environmental protection problems.

With the maturity of recycling technology, the market scale of recycled carbon fiber is expected to further expand and promote the high-quality development of related industries.