How To Cetermine Whether Carbon Fiber Machining Parts Are Feasible?

As an emerging material, it has a wide range of applications in various aspects. In terms of military, it can manufacture missile casings, fighter jets, and body armor; in terms of sports, it can manufacture rockets, airplanes, and satellites; in terms of sporting goods, it can manufacture baseball clubs, golf clubs, tennis rackets, fishing rods, and table tennis rackets; medical equipment , can manufacture CT bed board, medical bracket, prosthesis, stretcher and so on.

With the advancement of science and technology, carbon fiber is still expanding into new fields. In the initial stages of testing, how to determine whether a new carbon fiber machining part is feasible.

Difficulty Of Mechanical Machining Of Carbon Fiber

Carbon fiber is a high-strength, lightweight, and high-stiffness material that is widely used in various fields. However, due to its special properties, such as high hardness and easy fracture, it is very difficult to machine. Carbon fiber easily generates heat during mechanical cutting, drilling, milling and grinding, which can lead to material deformation, fracture and other problems, seriously affecting the processing quality.

Problems In Carbon Fiber Machining

The main problems with carbon fiber cnc milling are that it is difficult to process and the material is easily damaged. Because carbon fiber is a fibrous material with uneven internal structure, it is difficult to process precisely. At the same time, during mechanical processing, due to the high hardness of carbon fiber, a large amount of heat will be generated, leading to problems such as fiber material breakage and surface burns, making processing more difficult.

To determine whether a part is feasible, four main factors are considered: the cost of each part; the location of the installation; the installation cost; whether it can meet the needs of the entire product or whether the performance exceeds that of parts made of other materials. The price of carbon fiber raw materials is relatively high, and the brittleness is large. There are certain difficulties in precision cnc machining such as drilling, and it takes a lot of effort.

As long as the product parts are well made, the installation will not be very troublesome, and the carbon fiber is light in weight and easy to carry. In terms of performance, we all know that carbon fiber is resistant to high temperature, chemical corrosion, friction, high strength, light weight, low thermal expansion coefficient, and electrical conductivity. The parts produced greatly exceed the expected demand. Carbon fiber products are expensive and have good performance.

Business card holders, eyeglass frames, and wallets are bought by fewer people in China and are mainly exported abroad. However, for products with high cost and high precision like aircraft, the cost of carbon fiber is not included. Worth mentioning.  

After the economic and technological level has improved, the price of carbon fiber has also declined, which has also prompted the development of various carbon fiber machining parts. If you want to buy cheap and beautiful carbon fiber products, welcome to China Be-cu Prototype Material Technology Co., Ltd. to buy, we can process according to the drawings and provide free proofing service.

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What Is Carbon Fiber?Carbon fiber is made of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) (or pitch, viscose) and other organic fibers by carbonization (removal of most elements except carbon) by pyrolysis method under inert gas at high temperature above 1,000 °C. Inorganic polymer fibers with a carbon content of more than 90%.