advantages in automobile manufacturing of carbon fiber material

advantages in automobile manufacturing of carbon fiber material

Since carbon fiber composite materials have so many advantages in automobile manufacturing, is it difficult to promote their application in automobiles? What exactly has influenced the advancement of carbon fiber composite materials in automobile manufacturing?

  One of the reasons is the price problem. The high price of  carbon fiber is well known to those in the industry. One kilogram of steel is only 6-8 yuan, but one kilogram of carbon fiber composite material can reach 200 yuan. Such a large price gap is enough to stop the step of carbon fiber applied on automobile manufacturing.Secondly, there is the problem of mass production. Carbon fiber composite materials are difficult to mass production due to technical and process limitations. Traditional metal materials have very mature production process templates, but carbon fiber does not. Its specificity is relatively high, To achieve the most Good performance also requires reasonable design and calculation, which is difficult to achieve mass production with current technology.

 Finally, there is the problem of parts replacement. If the car collides or scratches, traditional metal car parts can be repaired or replaced with new metal parts, which is convenient and low cost. Once the carbon fiber car parts are damaged, they can only be replaced, cannot be repaired, and recycled It is very difficult to get up and difficult to reuse. China, as the world's largest automobile production and sales country, has never stopped the research of carbon fiber composite materials in the automobile industry, but there are still very few models that have mass production.

As far as the current situation is concerned, it is still difficult to apply carbon fiber composite materials to the automobile manufacturing industry. Only part of the carbon fiber auto parts that can be mass-produced, such as carbon fiber car doors, carbon fiber car seats, carbon fiber rear view mirror shells, etc., It is still difficult to apply carbon fiber composite materials for large-scale production of large vehicles. However, the application research of carbon fiber composite materials in the automotive industry can also be regarded as a good foundation for future large-scale use.