Carbon Fibers

In support of Aldila's prepreg production, Aldila purchases carbon fibers, of all types, from virtually every major supplier in the industry. This ensures the supply of carbon fiber, and availability of numerous carbon fiber types and filament counts. In utilizing this type carbon fiber purchasing strategy, it enables Aldila to select a fiber, from a variety of each manufacturer's carbon fiber product offerings that best suits our customer's prepreg requirements. Aldila has a selection of carbon fibers from three (3) standard groups - standard modulus (SM), intermediate modulus (IM), and high modulus (HM) in bundles of 3,000 to 50,000 filaments.

Carbon Fibers -Typical mechanical properties by group

SM
Tensile Strengths - 550,000 to 740,000 ksi
Modulus - 32 to 35 million msi

IM
Tensile Strengths - 750,000 to 850,000 ksi
Modulus - 38 to 42 million msi

HM
Tensile Strengths - 550,000 to 740,000 ksi
Modulus - 50 to 85 million msi

With such a variety of carbon fibers to select from, coupled with Aldila's resin systems, we can offer assurance of supply, and prepreg product offerings that will meet virtually any of our customer's applications and specifications.

Aldila will consider all customer needs and request, through the development or tailoring, of new or existing resin systems and in combination with other commercially available carbon fibers in order to meet your company's needs.