1.Key application areas
High Performance Composites
Aerospace structural components:
Carbon fibre (50vol%)/Epoxy prepregs
Specific strength up to 785MPa/(g/cm³)
Coefficient of thermal expansion <1×10-⁶/°C
Automotive lightweight:
Long Glass Fibre Reinforced PP (LFT-PP)
Flexural modulus >5GPa (40%GF)
Weight reduction 30% vs metal parts
Electronic packaging materials
High thermal conductivity plastics:
Boron nitride filled PPS (30vol%)
Thermal conductivity 8W/(m-K)
Volume resistivity >10¹⁵Ω-cm
EMI shielding:
Carbon fibre/ABS (15%)
Shielding effectiveness>60dB(1GHz)
Speciality Engineering Plastics
Abrasion-resistant nylon:
Molybdenum disulfide (5%) + glass fibre (30%)
PV value>3MPa-m/s
Dimensionally stable PBT:
Mica(40%) modified
Heat deflection temperature (1.82MPa) up to 210°C
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2.Market Development Trends
Demand for high performance.
High modulus carbon fibre (>600GPa)
Nano-diamond filled thermally conductive plastics (>20W/(m-K))
Sustainable Development:
Bio-based fillers (cellulose/chitin)
Closed-loop recycled carbon fibre technology
Digital Design.
Machine learning based filler topology optimisation
Reinforced filler systems for 3D printing