High-Duty Fibre-Reinforced Plastics

摘要

The superior structural properties of fiber reinforced composites will make the 21st century known as the era of composite materials. The reason for the slow takeoff experienced to date is the completely new manufacturing techniques required in order to make use of composite materials. The mass production methods for which metals are so suitable cannot be applied until a completely new range of automatic equipment is developed. The high duty structural components which are being successfully manufactured at present, have a fairly high labor content. On the other hand capital costs can be very low. Fiber reinforced composites are particularly suitable for industrial applications in countries where production quantities are relatively low and semiskilled labor costs are also low. For this reason the manufacturing industry in this country is ideally suited for major developments in the use of composite materials.