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Title:

Carbon Fibre Composite Materials for Aircraft Brakes and High-end Automobiles

Value Proposition:

A process for manufacturing carbon fiber reinforced carbon (C/C) and carbon fibre reinforced silicon carbide (C/SiC) composites materials through chemical vapour infiltration technique suitable for aircraft brake disc applications.

Summary Application:

Carbon fiber based composites (Cf/SiC) are used in friction products like Aircraft brakes and high-end automobiles

Advantages:
  • Light in weight composite.
  • Good resistance to the high temperatures generated in braking applications.
Tech. Readiness Level:
CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories
CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories[CSIR-NAL]
:  director[at]nal[dot]res[dot]in
:91-80-25086000
:https://www.nal.res.in
Industrial Applications: Composites [Materials]
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