Help,worldwide Carbon Fiber Shortage

[raceman]

this really hurts. l need carbon cloth and it`s bad out there. My car`s on hold right now unless l can get some yards of this 3K,2/2,5.7 OZ carbon twill cloth.l know there`re sites that advertise sales of this but most say they`re out right now.China. Any help appreciated ....carbon junkie

[dweymer]

http://www.uscomposites.com/carbonpage.html

[raceman]

thanks amigo,l`ll try them

[buster73]

I heard that Boeing and Airbus are currently buying every inch out there for their new planes.

[jasonq]

Yeah, projected to last a couple years, and its not just cloth, plastics too. At work we had to do a bunch of work to change parts from carbon filled plasitics to glass filled. suck fest supreme.

[widebody911]

I've been suffering from this for a while The stuff I have been getting comes from Canada and it sucks - the weave is way too loose.

[nixter]

oh yeah! That's what I say about your women! ha!

jk

seriously though, sinse slavery has been not exactly PC lately, there's been a shortage of carbon fibre pickers.

I'm on fire!

goodnight.

[raceman]

Originally posted by widebody911
I've been suffering from this for a while The stuff I have been getting comes from Canada and it sucks - the weave is way too loose.

Canada,eh? my ol'homeland.Where`s your source up there ?

[RickM]

Virgin plastics has been tough to get for quite some time. I know a few people in the business and when they order a few trailers full of the raw pellets they're lucky to get one.

[greglepore]

Yep. Toray Industries is traded on the Japanese Exchange, as is Mitsu Rayon. I've had close to 100% gain in Toray over the last 6 months.

[cashflyer]

I've used US Composites (mentioned above) and also http://www.fibreglast.com/. Both good sources.

[flipper]

This may sound weird, but i went to lowes and purchased the fiberglass shower repair kits because it comes with the nice twill cloth in about 4inch wide by 2foot lengths.

[cashflyer]

The kits from Lowes (or from your local auto store) do contain a fiberglass sheet (not carbon fiber) but the fiberglass is usually a cheap and loose 1x1 standard weave.

The name twill is usually reserved for 2x2 or broader weave.

[ErVikingo]

OK so where in Canada can we get it???

[Paulporsche]

I have also read that Porsche is facing this same problem re the CGT and new Spyder race car.

[Jeff Alton]

You can try Industrial Plastics, google them you will find them. There is one right by my place.....


Cheers

[randywebb]

Ti shortages are predicted also - all this caused by increased use in comm. aviation.

[JeremyD]

plenty at my place of choice down the street - I went in there yesterday and was admiring all the CF and kevlar weaves =

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