Does The Carbon Have A Shelf Life?

For very critical applications, such as aerospace, even dry carbon fabrics will be 'lifed' due to very gradual degradation of the sizing on the fibers, however in practice, for most applications, the degradation is minimal and most users would consider dry fabric s to not have a shelf life when stored appropriately.

What Colour Is Carbon fiber?

All Carbon fibers are naturally charcoal black in colour.

Carbon Fiber Special Type Prepreg Fabric

Name: Carbon Fiber Special Type Prepreg Fabric
Brand: Qingdao Lookingforward New Material Technology Co., Ltd.
SKU: 2034865662

Shandong, ChinaQingdao Lookingforward New Material Technology Co., Ltd.

US$10.00-50.00

10 Square Meters

Sample price:US$5.00/piece.Request sample

Product profile

Customization

Available

Shape

Carbon Fiber Cloth

Raw Materials

Polyacrylonitrile-Based Carbon Fiber

Model NO.

PRE-XR-04

Performance

High-Strength Type

State

Filament

Mechanical Property

High-Performance Type

Transport Package

Carton and Pallet

Specification

customized

Trademark

Origin

Shandong, China

HS Code

6815120000

Production Capacity

10000m2/Month

Key features

Flame Retardant Performance: Meets UL94 V0, DIN5510-2 HL3, and EN45545 HL3 standards without halogen or corrosive gas emission.

Customizable Resin Content: Resin content for various specifications can be produced according to customer needs.

Versatile Molding Compatibility: Suitable for thermosetting, hot pressing, and molding with excellent mechanical properties.

Wide Application Scope: Ideal for rail transit, automotive components, and special equipment preparation.

Safe Transport Classification: Not classified as dangerous goods; unrestricted shipping to all global destinations.

High-Strength Material: Features high-performance mechanical properties using polyacrylonitrile-based carbon fiber.

Rapid Curing Options: Available in rapid curing, low-temperature curing, and high-temperature resistant variants.

Global Export Capability: Serves markets in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa with flexible Incoterms.

Company profile

Qingdao Lookingforward New Material Technology Co., Ltd.

Shandong, China

Business Type: Manufacturer/Factory, Trading CompanyExport Year: 2023-03-01Nearest Port: qingdao, tianjiinAverage Response Time: ≤6.02hTerms of Payment: LC, T/T, D/P, etc.International Commercial Terms(Incoterms): FOB, EXW, CFR, CIF, DAT, FAS, DDP, DAP, CIP, CPT, FCA

AI-Powered supplier vetting

SummaryThe supplier is identified as a trading company focused on advanced fiber-reinforced composite materials, including carbon fiber and Kevlar products. It reports production equipment, more than 10 production lines, 50 quality-control staff, and technical personnel with nearly 20 years of composite-material experience. Its stated technical support covers material, structural, process, simulation, mold, prototyping, and mass-production activities. Lead time is within 15 workdays in both peak and off-peak periods, but the supplier has no inventory, overseas warehouses, showrooms, agents, or branches, and has not participated in offline trade shows. Service weaknesses include no written corrective/preventive-action or complaint-handling procedures. No certification information or customer cases are provided. ODM, SDK, and well-known-brand OEM services are explicitly unavailable.

Supplier typeThe supplier is explicitly classified as a trading company, while its stated business focus is the development and production of advanced carbon-fiber and Kevlar-fiber reinforced composite products. The available information therefore indicates a trading-company classification with substantial reported manufacturing-related capabilities.

After-Sales capabilityThe supplier reports 10 qualified service-capability suppliers and accepts multiple service quotation and payment terms, with lead times within 15 workdays. However, it has no inventory, overseas facilities, agents, or branches, and it has no written corrective/preventive-action or customer-complaint procedures, indicating documented after-sales controls are weak.

R&D capabilityThe supplier states that it develops advanced fiber-reinforced composite materials, has technical personnel with nearly 20 years of experience, and provides support spanning material design, structural design, process design, mechanical simulation, mold design, prototyping, and mass production. This supports a positive assessment of technical development capability, although no SDK is available.

Production capacityReported production resources include carbon-fiber fabric and prepreg lines, hot-press molding equipment, hot-press tanks, and vacuum curing furnaces. The supplier also reports more than 10 production lines, 50 quality-control staff, and output above the stated threshold, supporting substantial production capacity.

Customization capabilityThe supplier states that it can support material, structural, process, simulation, mold, sample-trial, and mass-production work, which directly supports customized composite-product development. However, ODM service is explicitly unavailable, so customization appears focused on technical solutions rather than ODM offerings.

Product Q&A

Q:How Much Resin Will I Need To Wet Out Carbon Cloth Fabrics?

For wet-lay lamination you will use approximately the same weight of resin as the weight of the fabric. For example, with a 200gsm cloth, for 1 square metre you will have 200g of fabric and thus will need 200g of resin to wet it out, plus a small amount of wastage for the brush and mixing pot.

Q:What Does The '3k' Mean?

'3k' is the filament count or tow size. It simply means that each 'bunch' of carbon fibers that this cloth is woven from is made up of 3000 individual carbon filaments. Bigger counts (6k, 12k etc.) means chunkier 'bunches' of carbon so chunkier fabrics.

Q:What Typical Thickness Would Each Layer Be?

Thickness of any reinforcement is dependent on consoldation(how much it's 'squashed down'. For this reason we generally give out thickness figures for when the reiforcement is consoldated under vacuum (1bar); this seems like the most useful figure. For example,a 90gsm carbon,a single layer, compressed under vacuum, would be about 0.1mm thick. For a 200gsm carbon a single layer would be about 0.25mm thick. This is the number you see listed under 'thickness' in the specification table.

Q:How Do I Go About Ordering A Sample Of This Carbon Fabric?

You can purchase a sample of our fabrics here.

Q:How Much Resin Would Be Needed On Average Per Sqm?

Well, this depends entirely on what reinforcement you're laminating, speficically how thick and heavy it is. If you're laminating 5mm of carbon fiber you'll use a lot more resin that if you're laminating just 1mm of it. Fortunately though there a really quick rule to get a good estimate-simply add up the total weight of your reinforcement and you'll probably need the same weight in resin. This means that if you're laminating 5 layers of 200g carbon(so a total of 1000g of carbon) then you'll want