Recent developments in the processing of waste carbon fibre for thermoplastic composites – A review. (June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Khurshid, Muhammad Furqan; Hengstermann, Martin; Hasan, Mir Mohammad Badrul; Abdkader, Anwar; Cherif, Chokri
• Is Part Of: Journal of composite materials. Volume 54:Number 14(2020)
• Page Start: 1925
• Page End: 1944
• Publication Date: 2020-06
• Subjects: Waste carbon fibres -- polymer matrix composites -- recycled carbon fibre-reinforced plastics -- processing technologies -- hybrid yarn -- thermoplastic composites; Composite materials -- Periodicals; Composites -- Périodiques; 620.118
• DOI: 10.1177/0021998319886043
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-9983

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to highlight recent developments in the processing of waste carbon fibre for thermoplastic composites. Initially, injection moulding and nonwoven technologies have been used to integrate waste carbon fibres into fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites. Recently, tape and hybrid yarn spinning technologies have been developed to produce tape and hybrid yarn structures from waste carbon fibre, which are then used to manufacture recycled carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastics with much higher efficiency. The hybrid yarn spinning technologies enable the development of various fibrous structures with higher fibre orientation, compactness and fibre volume fraction. Therefore, thermoplastic composites manufactured from hybrid yarns possess a good potential for use in load-bearing structural applications. In this paper, a comprehensive review on novel and existing technologies employed for the processing of waste carbon fibre in addition to different quality aspects of waste carbon fibre is presented.