Sandvik Coromant Machining carbon fibre materials - Manual (Page 8)

Definition: engineered materials made from two or more
constituent materials with significantly different physical or
chemical properties which remain separate and distinct on a
macroscopic level within the finished structure
Polymer Matrix Composites (PMC’s) • - The most common. Also known as FRP
- Fibre Reinforced Polymers - these materials use a polymer-based resin as
the matrix, and a variety of fibres such as glass, carbon and aramid as the
reinforcement.
Metal Matrix Composites (MMC’s) • - Increasingly found in the automotive industry,
the matrix is a metal such as aluminium, the reinforcement fibres such as silicon
carbide.
Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC’s) • - Used in very high temperature environ-
ments, these materials use a ceramic as the matrix and reinforce it with short
fibres, or whiskers such as silicon carbide and boron nitride.
What is composite
material?
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