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Carbon fibre

Carbon fibre reinforcement provides strength and rigidity.

Carbonfibres gives 4 times the E-modulus and 2-3 times the tensile strength of traditional glassfibre reinforcement.

Carbon-reinforcement is more expensive than fibreglass, but with a weight reduction of up to 40% compared to traditional materials, using carbon fibre is a good investment.

Today, carbonfibres is used primarily in the aircraft industry for wing and fuselage structures.

Results from using carbon fibre have been entirely positive. Low weight gives cost-effective and high-speed vessels; undeniably an environmentally friendly factor.

Brødrene Aa is internationally amongst the leading companies building vessels in carbonfibre. We have been using the vacuum infusion molding-process for more than a decade, in  production of a great variety of composite products. Winning the JEC-Composite Awards 2005 proves our competence.

 

Proved advantages: The Swedish LÄSS project has studied the influence of light weight design on several consept ships,  using both composite and aluminum materials. Follow the link to visit their homepage. Among their reports you can find a case-study where they have converted aluminum-ship to a corresponding composite ship and studied the consequenses regarding structural weight, fuel consumption, lifecycle-cost  and more.

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Carbon fibre

 

 

Carbonfibre is light -and stronger than fibreglass.