What's long glass fibre Composite?
Long glass fibers are a strong, high ductility fiber reinforcement solution that is often used in metal replacement applications due to its high strength, low specific gravity and the attractiveness of injection molding processing methods.Long glass fibre composite is a high-performance material that is increasingly becoming popular across industries as a strong and durable alternative to traditional materials. Its superior mechanical properties offer a great deal of value in various applications, from structural components in the automotive and aerospace industries to reinforcement and strengthening in construction materials.
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.
What's 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.
In the aviation industry, long glass fibre composites find application in structural components such as wing ribs, fuselage panels, and engine nacelles. These components require both high strength and stiffness to tolerate the high stress and load conditions experienced during aircraft flight and landing.In the construction industry, LGF composites are used to reinforce and strengthen structures such as bridges, buildings, and tunnels. The composite materials provide an ideal alternative to traditional materials such as steel and concrete, with their superior strength-to-weight ratio, corrosion resistance, and easy formability.
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.
