Straight pultruded carbon fiber strips, rods and tubes for an RC model parts supplier in the USA
A US supplier of radio-controlled model parts buys 3K roll-wrapped tubes and pultruded tubes, rods and strips from us. Its key requirement: a strip laid flat on a table must stay perfectly straight, with no banana-shaped bow.
The challenge
In RC models, thin carbon strips and rods are used as spars, stiffeners and push rods, where a bowed part is not usable. The customer’s acceptance test is simple and strict: lay the strip flat on a table, and it must not curve into a banana shape or drift off a straight line.
What we supply
One order combines four product types: 3K roll-wrapped tubes from 8 mm to 20 mm outside diameter, small pultruded tubes, pultruded rods from 2.5 mm to 6 mm, and thin pultruded strips down to 0.6 mm thick, all cut to 1000 mm. The full size list is in the table below.
| Product | Sizes supplied |
|---|---|
| 3K carbon fiber tubes (OD × ID × length) | 8 × 6, 12 × 10, 14 × 12, 16 × 14, 18 × 16 and 20 × 18 × 1000 mm, among others |
| Pultruded carbon fiber tubes | 6 × 4 × 1000 mm, 3 × 1.5 × 1000 mm, among others |
| Pultruded carbon fiber rods (diameter × length) | 2.5, 3 and 6 × 1000 mm, among others |
| Pultruded carbon fiber strips (width × thickness × length) | 5 × 1 × 1000 mm, 3 × 0.6 × 1000 mm, among others |
Delivery and result
Bulk orders ship in about 30 days, packed in cartons and strapped on pallets. The customer now buys more than 50,000 m a year and places a repeat order almost every month.
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