TAGS: Thermoplastic Composites
Toray Industries along with its Carbon fiber and composite materials subsidiaries Toray Carbon Fibers Europe, Zoltek, Composite Materials (Italy), Delta-Preg, and Toray Advanced Composites are participating in Composite Europe 2019 currently taking place in Germany.
The companies are collectively showcasing integrated solutions from diverse product lineups leveraging the Group’s comprehensive materials and process technology capabilities.
In recent years, Toray has devoted considerable effort to developing carbon fibers with ultra-high tensile strengths and
elastic modulus performance, overcoming an ostensible trade-off between those two attributes.
High Strength Carbon Fiber & Prepregs
One such offering is
TORAYCA® T1100, which, according to the company, is the world’s strongest carbon fiber. An ever-growing range of applications for this product includes:
- High-end sports equipment
- Race cars, and
- Aerospace structural materials
Also, in November 2018, Toray expanded its lineup with the
TORAYCA® MX series of prepregs, including TORAYCA® M40X, which delivers 30% more tensile strength. The company plans to keep bolstering its lineup in this series to match emerging market needs.
R&D to Expand Carbon Fiber Composites Capabilities
Toray has positioned carbon fiber composites as a strategic growth business under
Project AP-G 2019, its medium-term management program. The company is accordingly investing heavily and undertaking technical R&D to expand this business. Toray will strengthen groupwide collaboration to swiftly capitalize on market opportunities, helping to lighten parts and components in aircraft, automobiles, and other areas, resulting in energy savings.
It will also transform societies by harnessing the power of materials to contribute to such fossil fuel alternative energy fields as natural gas and hydrogen gas tanks and such renewable energy areas as wind turbine blades.
Source: Toray