Carbon Fiber

Basics

• A material based off of carbonized Textiles (Typically Reformed Cellulose or Acrylonitrile (double check the plastic fiber) )
• Useful for Reinforcement in Composites, Flexible electrical componets (including electrodes and heating modules), and as a high strength fiber
• Can be in the following forms:
  • Continous Fiber Reinforcement
  • Chopped Fiber Reinforcement
  • Fiber Matting Reinforcement (Essentially a Non-Woven Fabric _
  • Fiber Textile Reinforcement (may need to be changed to fabric? essentially woven with longer fibers than the matting, also thinner?)

Product Ecology

1. The Open Source Textile Construction Set makes synthetic or semi synthetic fibers and/or makes them into more complex textiles such as fabric
2. Some are removed for Pre-Carbonization Quality Control Inspection
3. The remaining amounts are loaded onto an appropriate device to be inserted into an inert atmosphere filled kiln / (Lab/Industrial) oven for Carbonization
4. Some are removed for Post-Carbonization Quality Control Inspection

Internal Links

• Enviromental Impact of Carbon Fiber
• Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composites
• Open Source Textile Carbonisation Kiln
• Open Source Continous Textile Carbonizer

External Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Carbon Fiber
• The Wikipedia Page on "Carbon (Fiber) Heaters"