What is long glass fibre Composite?
Long glass fibre composite (LGF composite) is a type of composite material that is increasingly gaining popularity in various industries due to its superior strength and durability properties. This composite material is made by combining glass fibers that are relatively long and continuous with a thermoplastic matrix material. The resulting composite material has superior mechanical properties, including high tensile, compressive and flexural strength, as well as enhanced stiffness and impact resistance, compared to short or chopped glass fibre composite materials.
What's benefit of long glass fibre composite?
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One important characteristic of long glass fibre composite is its high fiber volume fraction. This means that the amount of glass fibers used in the composite material is relatively high, typically ranging between 30% and 60%. This high fiber volume fraction gives the long glass fibre composite material its high strength and toughness, as the fibers act as the load-bearing component of the composite material, while the matrix material serves to hold the fibers in place and transfer the load across the whole material.
Another advantages of long glass fiber composites is their versatility, as their properties can be tailored to suit specific applications and performance requirements. For instance, the length and type of glass fibers, the polymer matrix, and the manufacturing process can all be customized to suit different applications. In addition, long glass fiber composites can be manufactured using a variety of processes such as injection molding and pultrusion, which offers a high degree of flexibility in production.
The Application of long glass fibre composite
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LGF composites are used in a wide range of applications across industries, including automotive, aerospace, construction, and sporting goods. In the automotive industry, long glass fibre composites are used in structural components such as door panels, dashboards, and underbody shields. These components require excellent resistance to impact, fatigue, and weathering, all of which are provided by LGF composites. In the sporting goods industry, LGF composites are used in the manufacture of high-performance bicycles, golf clubs and tennis rackets.
Outstanding Case Sharing
In 2021, a customer making home appliance parts approached us and said, "The PP-GF material we are using now has insufficient performance, and we need a high-performance material to improve the strength and toughness product performance of washing machine parts."
After evaluating the proposal from our technical department, we suggested the customer to use "LFT-G® PP-NG05-LGF50% mix PP raw resin to make the composite material. After our reasonable technical guidance, the mechanical properties of the washing machine parts made of our LFT-G® PP-NG05-LGF50% material were improved by 30%-40%. The customer's feedback is very satisfied with the use of the results, for the customer in the target country market to obtain a great market advantage. We have exported more than 2,000MT material to our customers, and we are able to provide our customers with continuous and stable supply.
