May 2021 Composites Blog
May 3, 2021
Boston Materials' Affordable and Eco-Friendly Z-Direction Composite Films
Boston Materials produces patented Z-direction composite materials that are affordable and eco-friendly
Boston Materials, based in Billerica, Massachusetts, is a spin-out from Northeastern University. It was formed in 2016 to produce and market their patented magnetic alignment process to vertically align (Z-direction) milled carbon fibers, with lengths of 0.05 to 0.2 millimeters, into 60-inch-wide sheets using a roll-to-roll process, like the process used in papermaking. The milled carbon fibers can be obtained from low-cost recycled carbon fiber, making the process cost-effective and eco-friendly. According to Kedar Murthy, Boston Materials chief commercial officers, “These film-like materials look like velour or velvet thanks to the vertical fibers.”
Boston Materials is currently producing 800,000 square meters of the 60-inch-wide sheets each year in 3 different lines of products: SUPERCOMP, ZRT, and BIMETAL. In addition to being cost-effective and eco-friendly, the sheets are also process friendly and can be used dry or prepregged and they can also be split into tapes. The fibers increase the impact and delamination resistance of the composite and produce metal-like electrical conductivity, useful for EMI shielding.
You can read much more about this innovative technology and its uses, including its electrical conductivity and corrosion resistance, here.
Boston Materials is currently producing 800,000 square meters of the 60-inch-wide sheets each year in 3 different lines of products: SUPERCOMP, ZRT, and BIMETAL. In addition to being cost-effective and eco-friendly, the sheets are also process friendly and can be used dry or prepregged and they can also be split into tapes. The fibers increase the impact and delamination resistance of the composite and produce metal-like electrical conductivity, useful for EMI shielding.
You can read much more about this innovative technology and its uses, including its electrical conductivity and corrosion resistance, here.
