Applications Composites

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Applications in mechanical engineering

• Examples:– Robot arms, rolls for paper machines and printing presses,

components of textile machines, connecting rods, flywheels, ultracentrifuges,...

CompositesIves De Baere and Joris Degrieck – 2013-2014

Components for printing press (IPA)


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longwearing pumps


Carbon/carbon composites for high-temperature applications


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Applications in maritime sector

• Examples:– Racing boats, fishing boats, yachts, mine hunters, rescue and

patrol boats, submarines, hydrofoils and hovercrafts, pontoons and (floating) platforms, buoys, ...


Production of 64’ Standfast Yacht


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64’ Standfast Yacht


Carbon fibre reinforced mast of “Pollux” yacht


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Large motor yacht


Unsinkable sailing yacht!

(ETAP)


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Rescue vessels for oil platforms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmNv65jJxdI


Rescue boats


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Composite mine hunters


Composite parts of submarines


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Applications in industry

• Examples:– ladders, computer casings, keyboards, television, suit cases

and luggage boots,...

– Storage tanks and silos, pressure vessels, tubes and ducts, valves,...


Robot arm for use under water (MOC)


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Cable drums (Sadac)


Storage tanks and silos


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Embedded optical fibre sensors for strain sensing

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Installations requiring low maintenance


Sewerage and draining canals


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Ladders


Applications in oil drilling and energy sector

• Examples :– well drilling derricks and crane booms, cabinets and shelters for

personel, helicopter platforms, riser pipes,...

– windturbine blades and masts, waterturbines, …

– flywheel batteries, switch boxes and control cabinets,...


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Windturbine blades


Use of composites in oil winning


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Plugs and sockets, switches and switch boxes,…


Flywheel batteries for emergency applications


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Miscellaneous applications

• Examples:– Precision instruments, protheses and orthopedic goods,

rolstoelen, tables for X-ray installations, substrates of harddisks, musical instruments and loudspeakers, heated piping and heating elements,...


Zero expansion elements of 3D-measuring apparatus


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Measuring apparatus


Printed circuits boards


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Chairs and furniture (IPA)


Springs in mattresses


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High quality loudspeakers


Musical instruments

Composite piano at JEC 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XMooWP22aE


Carbon CelloPart1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_pIbZ0J1mAPart2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjecQOCdIQQ

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Protective gearing


“Transparent” tables of X-ray apparatus


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Medical orthesis/prosthesis


Medical inplants


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? … a ladies shoe! (IPA)


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