INDUSTRY NEWSA sustainable alternative to carbon fibre?13/07/2022Save articleA consortium of science and industry has created what it calls a sustainable alternative to virgin carbon fibre.SHOW FULLSCREENSource: GREENBOATSThe textile uses recovered carbon fibres from non-woven fabrics with lower mechanical properties and significantly higher resin absorptionzoom inzoom outThe textile developed by GREENBOATS, Swiss-CMT and the Leibniz Institute for Composite Materials, uses recovered carbon fibres from non-woven fabrics with lower mechanical properties and significantly higher resin absorption. “There are areas of application where carbon fibres are simply vastly superior to other materials hence the need to look at comparable alternatives,” said Paul Riesen, head of R&D at GREENBOATS.Natural fibresBio-based natural fibres are the core business of GREENBOATS and it has already manufactured entire sailing yachts, cabins for wind turbines, or parts for the aerospace industry from flax and other natural materials. But the recycling of materials of fossil origin has always been on the agenda.Easy processing has been key to the textile’s development. Paul Riesen said that the recycled textile is very easy to cut and drape and is suitable for a wide variety of processing methods.A special prepreg, that has been impregnated with the newly developed bio-based solid resin, is also being used.The PrePreg, which can be stored without refrigeration, only contains as much resin as is necessary and requires a minimum of auxiliary materials, which greatly reduces CO2 footprint.The MarineCare project – ’Sustainable composite materials made of recycled carbon fibres and bio-based powder resin for maritime applications” is carried out as part of the European funding program ’Eurostars’ and the German partners are funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. TopicsBoatbuildingcarbon fibreGreenboatsRecyclingsailing yachts

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