The Vice President inaugurated the Centre for Carbon Fiber and Prepregs during his visit to National
Aerospace Laboratories.
About Centre for Carbon Fiber and Prepregs
Established by the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) in Bengaluru, India.
It focuses on developing and producing carbon fiber, a high-strength, lightweight material used in various
industries, including aerospace, automotive, and renewable energy.
It helps in reducing India’s dependence on imported carbon fiber, promotes innovation in composite
materials, and supports the growth of various industries.
Prepregs & Carbon fibers
Prepregs are laminate composites of fibre sheets that are impregnated with polymer resins (plastics) that
have not been fully cured.
Carbon fibers are produced by thermal conversion of organic fibers with a lower carbon content such as
polyacrylonitrile (PAN) containing several thousand filaments .
Carbon fiber is a high strength, high-stiffness and low weight material, used extensively in aircraft,
missiles,launch vehicles and satellites. It is also an important raw material in many vital industrial applications
such as wind energy, infrastructure, sports and transportation, to name a few.
Do you know ?
National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), a constituent of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR), India, established in the year 1959 is the only government aerospace R&D laboratory in the country’s
civilian sector.
It is a high-technology oriented institution focusing on advanced disciplines in aerospace.
It aims to develop aerospace technologies with strong science content, design and build small, medium sized
civil aircraft, and support all national aerospace programmes.
