Teijin Limited

Shuhei Onoue

Takumi Kato

Makoto Ootsubo

Takeru Ohki

Akihisa Nomura

Takashi Toyozumi

Guofei Hua

Naoaki Sonoda

Shuhei Suzuki

Yasunori Nagakura

Tadashi Yamaji

Keizo Yokoyama

Kohei Oka

A composite material includes a thermoplastic matrix resin and carbon fibers A including carbon fiber bundles A1 in which Li/(Ni×Di) is 6.7×10to 3.3×10, and a thermoplastic matrix resin. The carbon fibers A have a fiber length of 5-100 mm and the carbon fiber bundles A1 are contained in an amount of 80 vol % or larger but less than 100 vol % with respect to the carbon fibers A and wherein removal of the matrix resin from the composite material gives a carbon fiber mass which, when compressed to a thickness of Tf, has a repulsive force P of 0.05-1.00 MPa A method for producing the composite material including subjecting a composite composition to an impregnation treatment with a compression/impregnation device.

Composite material and production method therefor

The present invention provides a fixed carbon fiber bundle to which a fixing agent is adhered, wherein the fixing agent adheres to an area comprising at least 50% of at least one side of a carbon fiber bundle, the average thickness of the fixed carbon fiber bundle is 180 μm or less, and the separated fiber tear load is 0.02N to 1.00N.

Fixed carbon fiber bundle and method for producing fixed carbon fiber bundle

A composite material which includes a thermoplastic matrix resin and carbon fibers A including carbon fiber bundles A1 in which Li/(Ni&#xd7;Di) satisfies 6.7&#xd7;10to 3.3&#xd7;10, wherein the carbon fibers A have a fiber length of 5-100 mm and have a value of Lw/(Nave&#xd7;D) of 1.0&#xd7;10to 3.3&#xd7;10, the carbon fiber bundles A1 having an average bundle width Wless than 3.5 mm and being contained in an amount of 90 vol % or larger with respect to the carbon fibers A A production method for producing a molded object from the composite material is also provided.

Composite material, production method for molded object, and production method for composite material

Provided is a resin-made impact absorption member including: an impact absorption portion which includes a fiber-reinforced resin material containing reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin and has a hollow structure including an outer cylindrical portion and a hollow portion, in which the reinforcing fiber has an average fiber length of 1 mm to 100 mm, the thermoplastic resin has a fracture elongation of 10% or more, the fiber-reinforced resin material has a compressive elastic modulus of 10 GPa or more and a compressive strength of 150 MPa to 500 MPa, and in the impact absorption portion, a maximum value of a ratio L/tof a distance Lfrom a position of the center of gravity to the outer cylindrical portion on a same section in a sectional shape in a direction orthogonal to an impact absorption direction, to a thickness tof the outer cylindrical portion, is 40 or less.

Resin-made impact absorption member and vehicular component

A carbon-fiber-reinforced resin composite material includes: carbon fibers including carbon fiber bundles and a thermoplastic resin, in which (1) a coefficient of variation (CV1) of a total areal weight of the carbon-fiber-reinforced resin composite material is 10% or lower, (2) a coefficient of variation (CV2) of a carbon fiber volume fraction (Vf) in the carbon-fiber-reinforced resin composite material which is defined by Expression (a) is 15% or lower, and (3) a weight average fiber length of the carbon fibers is 1 to 100 mm.Carbon Fiber Volume Fraction ()=100&#xd7;Volume of Carbon Fibers/(Volume of Carbon Fibers+Volume of Thermoplastic Resin)&#x2003;&#x2003;Expression (a).

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Osaka, Japan

Shuhei Onoue