Carbon Fibre Reinforcement Weights and Weaves Explained

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In this tutorial we take a look at different types of carbon fibre reinforcement and discuss their various properties such as weight, weave and format, and tow size (k-count). By the end of the tutorial you should have a better understanding of how these properties impact the behaviour of the reinforcement and therefore how to choose the right carbon fibre fabric for your project.
All of the different carbon fibre reinforcements demonstrated in the tutorial are available to buy from the Easy Composites website.
Please note, EU customers should now use www.easycomposites.eu to buy products directly from our new EU subsidiary based in the Netherlands.
Woven Carbon Fibre Cloth
► 90g Plain Weave 1k www.easycomposites.co.uk/90g-...
► 210g 2x2 Twill 3k www.easycomposites.co.uk/200g...
► 210g Plain Weave 3k www.easycomposites.co.uk/90g-...
► 375g 5HS 6k www.easycomposites.co.uk/375g...
► 450g 2x2 Twill 12k www.easycomposites.co.uk/416g...
► 650g 2x2 Twill 12k www.easycomposites.co.uk/650g...
Unidirectional and Multiaxial Carbon Fibre
► 100g Unidirectional www.easycomposites.co.uk/100g...
► 250g Unidirectional www.easycomposites.co.uk/250g...
► 300g +/- 45 Biaxial www.easycomposites.co.uk/300g...
Spread Tow
► 160g Plain Weave www.easycomposites.co.uk/160g...
► 160g Twill Weave www.easycomposites.co.uk/160g...
Carbon Fibre Tow
► 3k Tow www.easycomposites.co.uk/3k-c...
► 6k Tow www.easycomposites.co.uk/6k-c...
► 12k Tow www.easycomposites.co.uk/12k-...

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@leglessAlex 2 года назад

Unbelievable that clear, informative content like this is free. I love the internet. Great job Easy Composites!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Hi Alex, yes, for sure. The internet gets a bad rap these days but people forget how much great content there is out there. If we want to understand other subjects, we turn to RU-vid ourselves, there really is some great knowledge being shared in a way that wasn't even possible 20 years ago.

@StefsEngineering 2 года назад

@@easycompositestv You have to know how to search for information. When you master that craft you will be amazed by what you find!

@leglessAlex 2 года назад

@@easycompositestv I think you can take huge credit when it comes to people trying their had at moulding and manufacturing, your videos really are top class. Thank you! I’ve recently got my own garage and I’m very interested in trying it myself, I just need the courage to jump in!

@kennethhicks2113 2 года назад

Yes, the wonders of carbon fiber is exceeded by Easy Composites ethical policies of sharing knowledge/experience.

@kennethhicks2113 2 года назад

@@StefsEngineering Indeed Stef.

@lucbegin7334 2 года назад

Still the BEST source of carbon fiber and infusion methods on the web. Many thanks EC!

@qcnck2776 2 года назад

Wow, no idea you guys did your own weaving. Always thought it was some mega corp. Excellent content, as always.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Actually the loom shots were taken up the road at weaver who produces our fabrics. The UK was the home of carbon fabric weaving and we're very lucky to have some great weavers right on our doorstep who produce our fabrics. They were very obliging and happy for us to pop round with our gear!

@MicroTypeEngineering 2 года назад

Fantastic video! Hands down the best single overview video of weave types I've ever seen. Keep it up!

@Lolzomolo 2 года назад

Amazing Video. Note that CF strands are ~7um not ~7nm! 1000 times larger!

@slappys.garage Год назад

I don't know who this guy is but I love him

@mattiabelfico376 2 года назад

It would be amazing to have a dedicated series covering the different grades, types of lay-up, matrix and way of curing the different materials! Anyway, truly simple and clear explanation on this one! kudos!

@davidlarson2534 2 года назад

You sure know your business. The progression of this presentation is flawless. The info I got from this video prepped satisfied what I need to know to continue on a project I have in mind. Thank you.

@alaint 2 года назад

This channel is exactly what I needed. I owe you one

@fabio9910 Год назад

I rarely comment, subscribe or like any video but you guys are just brilliant. I am about to make my first order.

@alexanderrydberg6118 2 года назад

Finally! I have been looking for such a video for a while now

@PK-is3di 2 года назад

One of the best educational videos I found so far. I saw one and then binge watched many. Thank you for the efforts.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Really appreciate the kind feedback! Thanks for binging our videos!

@Bladedancer13 Год назад

I absolutely love this series if videos. The level if information that is jammed into each video is wonderful for someone like myself that has no real experience with CF.

@easycompositestv Год назад

Glad you like them!

@mf1ve 2 года назад

After all these years... you are still producing THE BEST videos on composites. Thanks so much!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Glad you like them and hopefully we can continue to produce similar high quality videos.

@muneeburrehman4698 2 года назад

Been searching for this video for two years. Finally, carbon fibres explained in a way that I can understand

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Glad you found the video helpful. We hope to cover more topics in future videos.

@muneeburrehman4698 2 года назад

@@easycompositestv A suggestion, you guys should offer some sor of course and certification on composite materials. I am a fresh mechanical engineering graduate and I have so many ideas and products that I want to develop, I see composites as the perfect material for me. Sadly, there was little to no content on composites in our courses. A course and certification from you guys would be really helpful for me and lots of other aspiring design engineers.

@DarkAeroInc 2 года назад

Excellent summary!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thanks DarkAero, Inc - keep up the good work :)

@MrCarlold 2 года назад

Best video ever about composites! Congratulations!!

@timpickering1516 2 года назад

Great to see you back Easy Composites!

@rqx666 2 года назад

Easy Composites is number one in lectures

@BennysThoughts 2 года назад

I came to RU-vid to be entertained, but apparently I took a wrong turn and am now sitting in a lecture hall. No complaints! Great detailed information from a practical point of view. I love it!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Haha, cheers Ben; that’s RU-vid for you!

@sim-racing2277 2 года назад

The gold standard for how to present technical info. Thanks so much!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thanks for the awesome feedback, really appreciate the comment!

@sim-racing2277 2 года назад

@@easycompositestv well thanks. I watched the skinning the gun episode and it inspired me to make my own carbon fiber sim racing wheel which was a very rewarding experience. Thank you.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

@@sim-racing2277 Its our pleasure, I'm glad it has turned out well for you :)

@sim-racing2277 2 года назад

@@easycompositestv yeah still lots to practice but really pleased!

@capnthepeafarmer 2 года назад

Once again you guys make a phenomenal video with so much helpful information! Much appreciated! Keep up the outstanding work!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thanks for the kind words, we appreciate the feedback and encouragement 😃

@mrcpu9999 8 месяцев назад

Very clear and easy to follow, and answered a ton of questions...

@MooshMeat 2 года назад

Hand shown the most informative video if seen this far. Thank you!

@en-nurakhundlu937 2 года назад

thank you so much

@literaryartist1 Год назад

Your breakdown is masterful!!!!

@ScrewDrvr 2 года назад

Always excited when I see a new video from you guys.

@RUBMotorsport 8 месяцев назад

This is a fantastic video! Brilliantly explained and very well produced.

@surferofdirt9422 2 года назад

Always incredibly good videos guys. Well done and thank you 🙏

@MG-vo7is Год назад

Excellent information. Thank you.

@themadscotsman2159 2 года назад

Another great truly informative video, I've learned a lot from you guys in working with CF, previously it was trial and error for projects, they were only vanity items so strength wasn't important, just being made from CF for the appearance. I've made some panels recently using a sandwich of thin spread 12k on the outside for cosmetic appearance with 2x2 and unidirectional either side of a foam panel in the middle, surprisingly strong and stiff seeing as I'm still experimenting and learning. The panel was used as a support bracket for a self made bag which I hang on my Brompton bike to carry my laptop and lunch. I use techniques learned from you guys and other youtube videos and a s a rank amateur with no proper workshop facilities, the results are impressive and improving each time. Keep up the good work, I'm keen to learn more as are I'm sure other viewers.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Great to hear about your project, glad you’re getting results that you can use and benefit from. Thanks for the feedback and we look forward to giving you some more ideas with future videos.

@MathaiMosesazure 2 года назад

I really love this channel, you always answer questions I didn't even know I should ask

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

We try our best to cover everything we possibly can so its great to hear you're learning things you didn't even know you wanted to!! :-)

@andresilva8444 2 года назад

You answered many questions I've been asking the wrong people for many years. Thank you!!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Hi Andre, thanks for the comment! Glad we managed to answer some of the questions you had :)

@LaOwlett Год назад

Very useful! Also, I realized that a lot of diy'ers are using chopped fiberglass and cloth's wrong, and I can see exactly why they struggle to get some weaves to conform to a surface without cutting a bunch of tabs into the cloth. Thank you.

@KylesGuide 2 года назад

This might be your best video yet. You guys do an awesome job.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Wow, thanks Kyle, appreciate your comments.

@cmmguy99 2 года назад

Another excellent instructional video from Easy Composites!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thank you for the kind comment, we've got more videos in the pipeline!

@acs_australia 2 года назад

Excellent video @Easy Composites - very clear, informative and great content showcasing the material, inspiring the next generation of composite engineers!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thanks for the valued feedback, we genuinely appreciate it :-)

@akbarshoed 4 месяца назад

Fantastic! This is what RU-vid is all about!!

@KarlOnSea 2 года назад

Excellent video, thank you Paul from Easy Composites!

@michigan_supercars6569 2 года назад

This video is very facinating! I've never seen a video going in-depth about carbon fiber.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thank you for your comment, we always appreciate great feedback like this :)

@AeroFrics 2 года назад

Composites made easy! As always great content, thank you

@pant97055 2 года назад

Great content as always! It would be very interesting with a video on your take on repairing composites and different methods for this.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Its certainly something we'll consider although we have a lot of new videos and tutorials in the pipeline already. The only 'repair' videos we already have are the Kayak and the Fishing Pole Repair videos.

@rickfearn3663 2 года назад

Exceptional clarity. Thank you.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed how the video was presented Rick!

@user-pn6mv4wy7w Год назад

Brilliant explanation, thank you.

@nevillecreativitymentor 2 года назад

Wow ... that was a Masterclass for me.

@alfredocampos5670 2 года назад

I love, love, love it, thank you so much. Im planning on doing some difficult contouring shaped on car door panels for mouldings. This helps me alot as to which type of weave fabric to work with and thickness. 😘🥰 I love this!!!!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

That's great to hear Alfredo. Look forward to seeing how you get on with your project... all the best with it.

@johnarmstrong4053 2 года назад

Thank you. @11:15 I was looking for an explanation for multiple layers of the same weight for a long time. Well done!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Hi John, we appreciate the comment. Glad you enjoyed the video and explanation!

@Speedy.V 2 года назад

This is incredibly great and valuable content. Thank you.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

You’re welcome, we enjoy making and sharing it.

@mikeoco1850 Год назад

Awesome video. I learned everything you discussed completely from what I can tell. Informative. Concise. Quick video. I am actually disappointed you weren't going to keep going on longer and teach us more. Lol. 5/5. Would watch again except I don't think it would be necessary.

@d.m.2223 2 года назад

Amazing video, so well detailed & articulate too. Thank you so much for providing this. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

You’re welcome, we love producing these videos and sharing some knowledge!

@d.m.2223 2 года назад

@@easycompositestv A big credit to EC Ltd for sharing such knowledge and awesome videos. 😇

@HobiCerdas Год назад

Thank you a lots ❤❤❤

@carlsagan2371 2 года назад

I go back to your bonnet video series all the time to remind myself of all the basic principles.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Hi Carl, I'm glad that you continue to find out bonnet video useful!

@BennysThoughts 2 года назад

I always learn something from you guys. Keep up the amazing work!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed the video Ben!

@sota7954 Год назад

great content, thank you for all these informations.

@TheSoonAnn 2 года назад

amazing video, i din learn all these during my composite modules lectures back in uni

@shaneroper5470 2 года назад

Interesting to learn about the different weaves, strand counts, weights and applications. Thank you.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

I'm glad that you find the process as interesting as us!

@captcarlos 2 года назад

A very clear, concise and accurate summary of (most of) the carbon fabric available. Certainly sufficient for the HammerChewer. A review of epoxies and other resins would be nice.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thanks Carl, yes, we’ll do something on resins soon 👍.

@RLCPLUMBINGLLC 2 года назад

Thank you for all you do from TEXAS

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Hi Robert, thank you for the comment! Glad you are enjoying the content :)

@CrazyCat229 Год назад

Love the videos thanks so much for doing them!

@easycompositestv Год назад

Glad you like them!

@rotorgeeks2727 2 года назад

Great video - the best I've seen on the subject. Thank you, I'll be sharing this one!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thank you for your great comment! Glad you enjoyed the video and we always appreciate when it's shared to others :)

@andy_kn 2 года назад

It would be interesting to see a similar video on the different types on resin. How each ones cure, how strong they are and with which material or application they should be used. And as always: keep these exceptional videos up!! Cheers

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thanks Andy, yes, agreed, this would make an interesting and useful video. We’ll definitely keep it in mind.

@shere_kan8329 2 года назад

Incredible video, very understandable, even for a stranger like me (love that accent 😉). You are doing a great job and I have been plenty satisfied of my purchases on your website. Thanks a lot for your work 👍🏻👍🏻

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thank you for your comment, great feedback like this is one of the reasons we keep making content :)

@Dustmadeout 2 года назад

Wow, another great content from Easy Composites! Would be awesome if you could cover laminates with different core materials as well.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

We have a couple of videos planned about core material, again, quite a broad subject that's difficult to distil down into a video that would be watchable to most people we seem to get a good reception for the more technical content so stay tuned, this will certainly be covered fairly soon.

@julieannepatterson3295 2 года назад

i enjoyed that. its given me so many ideas for curved structures of my bass speaker box designs that i cant do with timber and have the smoothness, strength and weight. cheers i only stumbled on this site by chance. good work. cheers

@afilos 2 года назад

Wonderful videos, full of solid information and very well described, thanks for sharing ! ! !

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Appreciate the comment, glad you enjoy our videos!

@JohnnytheBikeGuySLC 10 месяцев назад

I really appreciate the videos.

@joboost3230 2 года назад

Very nice and intressing information, it helps a lot to understand the diverence between all the fabrics. Many thanks from your employee in the Netherlands.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Haha, thanks Job! Nice to see you taking in the new content. I'm sure our customers in Europe appreciate your hard work :)

@Niki_Parvanov 8 месяцев назад

If I ever decide to make something from composite materials, this is the company that I am going to order from! ❤

@peterjones4621 2 года назад

A fascinating product. Excellent explanation, I think working with carbon fiber would be very interesting. Thank you, well done!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed Peter!

@chrishimes5656 2 года назад

Excellent! Thanks for posting.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed the video Chris!

@kriszg5836 2 года назад

Unbelievably good video! Very informative! Thank you! I wish you had a warehouse in the US!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Hi Krisz, thanks, and we do too. We hope to be able to expand State-side soon!

@FlesHBoX 2 года назад

Always love seeing new videos from you guys. Great information delivered in a straightforward manner that makes it easy to comprehend. I would love to see you dive a little deeper like this into concepts like determining an optimal schedule and calculating strength needs for both solid laminate and sandwich. Or if you known of good, easily available software for designing a layup (read, not some multi thousand dollar per seat enterprise level software that is utterly overboard for a home DIYer)

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, we do get quite a few questions on this subject but it is a really difficult one to deal with. In the bike frame video we explained how - even for really experienced composites engineers - a combination of previous experience, gut instinct, and trial and error is still probably the main starting point for most laminate schedules. Of course these things can be modelled and calculated in CAD but there are SO many obstacles that, unless you REALLY know what you're doing and have very reliable data - the real life performance of a component can be so far from the predicted performance as to render the CAD/FEA less useful than an *educated* guess. Having said all that, a video that does go a bit deeper into this subject would be great, just need to figure out what we could do or show that would actually be useful and useable for people!

@MrPerforations 2 года назад

excellent video. thank you.

@4130Media Год назад

thank you for sharing what would be considered as kitchen secret by many...

@RegardingAutomobiles 2 года назад

Great explanation. Great channel.

@manoman0 2 года назад

We don't need TV. This was brilliant.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Haha, thanks. Proper telly!

@linosilva7646 2 года назад

Great video. thanks guys !!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Hi Lino, thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoyed our video!

@jrod4538 2 года назад

Great job, your team is leaps and bounds ahead or your competitors…👍👍🤙

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

We're certainly trying our best :-)

@sunnykrusty Год назад

Fantastic video 🙂

@The12345678947406 2 года назад

love this, looking for your future videos!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thanks Pham, appreciated your support.

@jakou31 2 года назад

I'm a French aircraft mechanic composite material specialist... this video is way better for explain composite than my teacher when i was at school lol I gonna recomand this video to him ^^'

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Glad you found this video so useful! Hopefully he likes the recommendation :)

@rudolfabelin383 2 года назад

Dear friends, I just want to remind you about one of the main inventors of the carbon fiber. His name was Lesley N. Phillips and was a friend of my father (from Sweden, as me). He worked at the Royal Aircraft Establishment. So I played with small carbon fiber bars in the 60th as a kid.

@danmartinrc 2 года назад

Always great info. Thanks!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Hi Dan, thanks for comment! We've got more videos coming out soon :)

@Cranston0 2 года назад

Epic video! Such good explanations. Can you make a video how the filaments are made?!? It will probably be the best video on that topic!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Hi, thanks for your comment. Unfortunately its not something we would have access to facilities to film fibre production ourselves

@dukeshaver199 2 года назад

Such a cool video!!! Thank you!!!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thanks Duke, appreciate the feedback.

@loganmarriott11 2 года назад

Excellent content, thank you

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad you enjoy our content :)

@MJPPoland 2 года назад

Thank you for the great overview!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Cheers Mike, you're welcome, we love doing these.

@sahiljjangra1026 2 года назад

your videos are top class always... thank you very for the valuable information that you guys share and please keep doing that, you guys are the best

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Hi Sahilj, thank you for your kind comment! We've got plenty more videos in the pipeline :)

@sahiljjangra1026 2 года назад

@@easycompositestv eagle waiting for those

@hfranke07 2 года назад

Great again. You guys know how to tell stuff. Thanks

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Haha, thanks. Appreciate the support.

@stevesloan6775 2 года назад

Such an informative upload... thank you so much!🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼😎🍀🍀🍀

@crxman33 2 года назад

Such great info

@kneedeepsnow16 2 года назад

Awesome.... thanks Sir,

@HappyPappynKatyTX 2 года назад

Appreciated. Confirmed some information, learned more too. Thanks

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Hi Harry, thank you for the comment! Glad you managed to learn something from our video

@vipahman 2 года назад

Fantastic information. I will touch base in a year or two to begin the process of re-manufacturing some plastic sports car parts in CF.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Great, look forward to it 👍

@EZ_shop 2 года назад

Great explanation.

@Andrew-dm8mk 2 года назад

👍🔥 great upload Thank you very much. this would be great in the use of the Surfboard manufacturing industry, In conjunction with the use of Epoxy Laminating Bio Resin Etc.