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(PlastEurope) -- Multi-partner UK
recycling project Fibrecycle has developed a generation of high-performance,
low-cost co-mingled carbon fibre yarns and fabrics. The materials consist of
carbon/PET, manufactured from virgin recovered carbon fibre that would otherwise
have gone to landfill.
The new materials have almost 100% of the stiffness of virgin materials
and are available at a lower cost than similar products currently available on
the market, Fibrecycle says. They are also beneficial to the environment and
retain the traceability of virgin materials. In common with other co-mingled and
blended materials, the fabrics are simply placed in a mould tool under pressure
and passed through a heating and cooling cycle.
The project, which aims to develop processes for recovering and recycling
carbon fibre and reusing it in high value products, is nearing the end of its
four-year programme and has made “excellent” progress against its objectives of
developing low-cost, high-performance carbon fibre materials from waste streams.
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