Bluestar Fibres Company Limited markets a comprehensive range of precursors, providing public and private organisations with the opportunity to participate in this dynamic and rapidly expanding industry.

Our highly flexible production facility enables us to respond to individual customer needs in both experimental and commercial quantities at an affordable price.

The Product

CFP (Carbon Fibre Precursor) is continuous filament acrylic tow made to precise specifications, for conversion into oxidised and carbon fibres, for use in a broad range of aerospace, sporting goods and industrial applications.

The products have been developed specifically for this industry and combine the characteristics of efficient oxidation, consistent quality and good mechanical properties.

Carbon Fibre Uses & End Markets

Carbon fibres are used in a wide range of composites, these are structures containing two or more components, in the case of fibre reinforced composites this is the fibre and a resin. A composite containing two types of fibre, e.g. carbon and glass, is known as a hybrid composite structure. The origins of textile reinforced composites are linked to the development of glass fibres, which commenced in 1938 by the Owens Corning Fiberglass Corporation (USA).

Original large-scale applications included carbon aircraft brakes, flame retardant insulation and the reinforcement of plastics. As the technology of fibre reinforced composites expanded, a growing demand from the aerospace industry for composite materials with superior properties emerged. In particular, materials with (1) higher specific strength, (2) higher specific moduli and (3) low density were required. Other desirable properties are good fatigue resistance, and dimensional stability.

Carbon fibres were developed to meet this demand, Bluestar provide the precursor that allows the Carbon Fibre to be made. End products that Bluestar precursor ends up in is typically golf shafts, wind turbine blades, mobile phones, aircraft brakes, automotive, fire retardant clothing and other demanding products.