Carbon fibres from Victorian lignite
Victorian brown coal shows promise as a naturally occurring precursor material for carbon fibre.
Deakin University’s Carbon Nexus pilot plant is a unique carbon fibre facility with a suite of equipment available to researchers and industry.
Carbon Nexus incorporates open-access infrastructure designed to manufacture carbon fibres, textile pre-forms and composites. The group’s research themes were developed in response to industry needs.
We are working on projects with industry leaders, such as Vestas and Boeing as well as smaller companies, to address problems and improve performance under these overarching themes.
Our researchers look at problems, ranging from the fundamental scale, e.g. surface chemistry of carbon fibre and composites, to the design of products made from composites, such as automotive components and defence apparel.
Victorian brown coal shows promise as a naturally occurring precursor material for carbon fibre.
The Danish wind turbine company Vestas is teaming up with Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) scientists to develop stronger carbon fibre composite materials for reinforcing turbine blades.
The announcement of a $15m manufacturing research and development project, facilitated by the Innovative Manufacturing CRC (IMCRC), signals the future for the Australian automotive manufacturing industry.
Mr Derek Buckmaster
Director Carbon Nexus
derek.buckmaster@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 5247 9247
Professor Russell Varley
Composite Materials
russell.varley@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 5247 9577