Unidirectional preimpregnated form

Applications. Boron fibers are used as unidirectional reinforcement for epoxy composites in the form of preimpregnated tape. The material is used extensively, mostly in fixed and rotary wing military aircrafts for horizontal and vertical stabilizers, mdders, longerons, wing doublers, and rotors. They are also used in sporting goods. Another application is as reinforcement for metal matrix composites, in the form of an array of fibers pressed between metal foils, the metal being aluminum in most applications. 

Most carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) used and investigated to date are produced from preimpregnated continuous carbon fibre prepregs. Polymers reinforced with aligned short carbon fibres have certain advantages as materials for structural components, because they can easily be formed into complicated shapes with satisfactory mechanical properties. Woven fabrics produced from carbon fibres find increasing application in the aerospace and many other industries, because they are easy to handle, they have the ability to conform to complicated shapes and the in-plane properties are more isotropic than those of equivalent unidirectional materials. 

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