New Carbon Fiber Source!

Normark

Normark

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Hey Guys....

All you bladesmiths who use carbon fiber for whateve may be interested in something I found in the paper today...

It seems they are using carbon fiber strapping to shore up cement walls in basements in the construction trade and this stuff might be right down your alleys,,and Hey it may even be cheaper than where you are getting it from now....Read On...

Quote from the Windsor Star Feb12/2000

"Carbon Fiber strapping used to support sagging basement walls"

They say it is the same sort of stuff used to build the stealth fighter and goes by the Trade Name of "The Reinforcer"

Developed by engineers at Engineered Composite Systems Inc of Columbus Oh.

Martin Bates of Advanced Masonry in Woodslee Ontario (519?) is the first contractor to use it in Canada.

It also says that it comes in 500ft rolls 1/16" thick. Although I'm sure that you would be able to find it somewhere in small amounts...

It is also used in earthquake zones to prevent walls from caving in..It withstands pressures up to 30,000psi.Which pressures I'm not sure...

If 1/16" is too thin can it be laminated ?

Anyway I just thought you guys would have an interest in this.. You never know..

ttyle Eric...

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Hey Blade...

Yup I though about that as well,,but remember it i only 1/16" thick. At that thickness maybe it is somwhat flexible...

Maybe we can have someone who knows what questions to ask call the company and get some product info.. It more than likely comes in thicker sizes...

ttyle Eric..
 
If it's rolled, it is not in a cured or epoxied state, the way we makers use it. Cured epoxy-soaked carbon fiber is as stiff as Bob Dole after a bottle of Viagra. That is why it is used for reinforcement - lightwieght with very little or no flex. What they are probably using is what is known as Pre-Peg, a heat activated, resin-impreganted carbon fiber material. It comes in an un-cuered state. They may also be using the carbon cloth itself, and the resin is applied to the cloth during the shoring process.

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