Properties of CF/PA6 friction spun hybrid yarns for textile reinforced thermoplastic composites

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Abstract

Due to their excellent strength, rigidity and damping properties as well as low weight, carbon fibre reinforced composites (CFRC) are widely being used for load bearing structures. On the other hand, with an increased demand und usage of CFRCs, effective methods to re-use waste carbon fibre (CF) materials, which are recoverable either from the process scraps or from the end-of-life components are attracting increased attention. In this paper, hybrid yarns consisting of staple CF and polyamide 6 (PA 6) are manufactured on a DREF-3000 friction spinning machine with various machine parameters such as spinning drum speed and suction air pressure. The relationship between different textile physical properties of the hybrid yarns, such as tensile strength and elongation with different spinning parameters and CF content of hybrid yarn is investigated. Furthermore, the tensile properties of uni-directional (UD) composites manufactured from the developed hybrid yarn shows 80% of the UD composite strength made from CF filament yarn.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number042013
JournalIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Volume254
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - 8 Nov 2017
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title17th World Textile Conference: Shaping the Future of Textiles, AUTEX 2017
Duration29 - 31 May 2017
CityCorfu
CountryGreece

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