According to Sinopec's official public account, on October 10th, the first domestic production line of China's first 10,000-ton-scale 48K large tow carbon fiber project was put into operation at Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Carbon Fiber Industrial Base, and the project was completed. Produce qualified products, the product performance is comparable to the products of the same level in the United States and abroad, and the quality has reached the international advanced level.This marks that Sinopec's large-tow carbon fiber has successfully moved from key technological breakthroughs, industrial trial production, and industrialization to large-scale and key equipment localization, breaking the passive situation of China's carbon fiber production and equipment being controlled by others, and truly achieving independent control.
In the carbon fiber industry, the number of carbon fibers per bundle greater than 48,000 (referred to as 48K) is usually called large tow carbon fiber. This 48K large tow carbon fiber domestic production line can achieve large-scale and high-quality production. The project adopts the PAN (polyacrylonitrile)-based large tow precursor and carbon fiber technology independently developed by Sinopec and will be implemented in two stages. It is planned to be completed and put into operation in 2024. tons/year large tow carbon fiber capacity.
Large tow carbon fiber has superior performance and is known as "the king of new materials" and "black gold". The large-tow carbon fiber developed and produced by Shanghai Petrochemical is a new high-strength fiber material with a carbon content of more than 95%. Its mechanical properties are excellent, its specific gravity is less than a quarter of that of steel, its strength is 7 to 9 times that of steel, and it is also resistant to corrosion.
In addition, the biggest advantage of 48K large tows is that under the same production conditions, it can not only greatly improve the single-line production capacity and quality performance of carbon fiber, but also reduce production costs, thereby breaking the application limitations caused by the high price of carbon fiber.
Where can carbon fiber be used? The "King of New Materials" has a wide range of application scenarios, such as wind energy, solar energy, high-speed trains, and aircraft parts. There are also large tow carbon fibers in life, including auto parts, suitcases, knee pads, paddles, oxygen cylinders...
For a long time, China's carbon fiber development has mainly achieved breakthroughs in small tow carbon fibers, but the high cost of small tow carbon fibers has affected the enthusiasm of downstream enterprises to apply carbon fibers. The localization of carbon fiber has made the application of carbon fiber in downstream markets such as new energy gradually explode. With the continuous increase in the application rate of carbon fiber, related industries will usher in a long-span high boom stage, which has effectively promoted the rapid development of related industries in my country and related industrial structures. Adjustment.
Carbon fiber technology has strict technical barriers. Sinopec is the first company in China and the fourth company in the world to master large tow carbon fiber . After more than ten years of hard work, my country's carbon fiber has achieved a major breakthrough from 12K to 48K, and successfully achieved a leap from quantitative change to qualitative change in R&D and production technology. So far, Sinopec has accumulated 251 carbon fiber-related patents and 46 carbon fiber composite materials patents, ranking first in China and third in the world.
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