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maggie
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posted 9 Years Ago
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Hi,
I am interested in thoughts as to reasons for using a glass fibre (Such as woven glass 2/2 twill) layer with woven carbon fibre layer in a laminate.
My thoughts are corrosion resistance of a metal part if next to the glass and cost.
What difficulties are presented ?
Any illustrations of examples.
Could twill weave glass fibre be used for skinning.
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Dravis
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posted 9 Years Ago
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Yes .. Glass fibre twill can be used for "skinning" --- in a single layer it will be nearly transparent though .. it will not hide the material underneath
I have successfully "skinned" wood parts with light weight woven glassfibre, and you can not really tell that the glass is there, it just looks like a very thick varnish.
Glass fibre is non conductive, and as such one choice for a "corrosion protective layer" between CF and metal parts. Other choices are Diolene and pure Kevlars.
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From a structural perspective, glass fibre is fine for skinning but not as high a performance material as carbon fibre.
Corrosion between conductive metals can be prevented with a thin layer of glass fibre or resin between the two metals.
Warren Penalver
Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant
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