What is Futaba's CFRP PLATE?
Futaba's CFRP PLATE, a new thick CFRP plate material developed by Futaba, is the world's first material to combine the properties of resin, including light weight and heat insulation, with high strength equivalent to that of aluminum.
CFRP plate up to 45 mm thick.
Futaba's CFRP PLATE is made of felt-like carbon fibers, and can be produced as thick plates with fewer layers than the CFRP materials used in conventional carbon sheets.
Feature 1
Enables precise processing under cutting conditions equivalent to those for metals.
Futaba's CFRP PLATE has mitigated the problems of low processability and high cost associated with conventional CFRP materials. This versatile material is ideal for a wider range of applications.
Feature 2
Half the specific gravity of aluminum
Despite its light weight, Futaba's CFRP PLATE offers tensile strength approximately 1.3 times greater than aluminum alloys.
Feature 3
This “light and fast” solution offers new options and possibilities.
Futaba's CFRP PLATE is a new material offering a range of advantages, including light weight, low thermal expansion, nonmagnetic properties, high vibration absorption, and high X-ray transmission, making it useful for reducing the weight of machinery and products. In particular, it can be a lifesaver when you want to increase throughput by improving speed and positioning control under various constraints on the design and manufacturing of equipment and products. In addition to weight, and size reductions, and the accompanying reduction in energy consumption, these various properties not found in metals extend the possibilities in various applications, including semiconductor manufacturing equipment and medical appliances.
Professional Engineer, Japan, certified by the Institution of Professional Engineers, Japan
Nagano Professional Engineer Office CEO
Makoto Nagano
Examples of applications
Various example applications of Futaba's CFRP PLATE are provided here to help in decisions over whether to introduce Futaba's CFRP PLATE.The material is highly recommended for use an alternative to metal, to reduce weight.
Optical instruments
Use in breadboard processing
Compared to aluminum breadboards, breadboards made of Futaba's CFRP PLATE offer lower reflectance over a broader range of wavelengths. The material is ideal for breadboards for optical experiments, base plates for precision instruments, and other assembly applications.
Positioning jigs
Reduces the weight of jigs for large product assemblies
Use of this material reduces the weight of load bearing assembly jigs. The lighter weight achieved reduces the strength required for operation by workers, especially women, and also improves the work environment and boosts productivity.
Background of new material development
Based on our 70 years of extensive commercial experience and industrial machinery design and manufacturing experience since our founding, we have developed this new material meeting the needs of a broad range of applications.
For our customers, we offer comprehensive services ranging from building prototypes to providing test environments and production systems essential for introducing the new material.
Developer of Futaba's CFRP PLATE
Features of Futaba Corporation
Three major business areas
Futaba Corporation is listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and operates the following businesses:
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Display business, including organic ELs and touch panels
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Radio communication service business for radio-controlled vehicles and drones
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Production equipment business, including mold equipment and metal materials
Company policy: Making our own
equipment for our own products
Based on the company policy of making our own equipment for our own products, we have developed and designed the equipment for all our divisions for many years.
Fully organized introduction system for new material
Based on our experience introducing Futaba's CFRP PLATE within our company, we offer a fully organized system for introducing the new material, including testing environments, and are ideally positioned to provide wide-ranging support for customers seeking to introduce the new material.