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Spread tow carbon: who is using it - and where?
Posted: 01 Apr 2011, 12:24
by shelly
Toro Rosso are using it for bodywork panels:
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Can we find pictures for other teams-part of the car?
Re: Spread tow carbon: who is using it - and where?
Posted: 01 Apr 2011, 13:09
by Jersey Tom
Colorado State FSAE. Well back in the day anyway.
Re: Spread tow carbon: who is using it - and where?
Posted: 01 Apr 2011, 16:43
by flynfrog
Jersey Tom wrote:Colorado State FSAE. Well back in the day anyway.
thats because we gave it to you for free
Re: Spread tow carbon: who is using it - and where?
Posted: 01 Apr 2011, 16:53
by sticky667
mercedes had quite a bit recently
Re: Spread tow carbon: who is using it - and where?
Posted: 04 Apr 2011, 22:42
by conni
its used in the tubs as well
conni
Re: Spread tow carbon: who is using it - and where?
Posted: 05 Apr 2011, 09:27
by shelly
conni wrote:its used in the tubs as well
conni
This is a good hint, because it is difficult to discover it on track
Re: Spread tow carbon: who is using it - and where?
Posted: 05 Apr 2011, 10:00
by charnwooduk
Spread tow is used on much of the car wherever a balanced fabric is needed.)
Spread tow offers weight savings, primarily because there is less resin needed to fill voids in the matrix as the fibres are layed much flatter than in a conventional cloth. Its used has become very widespread (if you will forgive the pun) throughout the composites industry
I even use spread tow for the wings of my toy gliders.
You can find some more information direct from the manufacturers site here : -
http://www.oxeon.se
Re: Spread tow carbon: who is using it - and where?
Posted: 05 Apr 2011, 12:25
by shelly
It seems that an advantage could also be less deviation in performance of the real material from nominal values. Do you confirm?
Re: Spread tow carbon: who is using it - and where?
Posted: 10 Apr 2011, 07:17
by humble sabot
I could imagine it bonds better to to more commonly used unidirectional plies underneath. The weave gives it a bit more toughness for handling.