Fiberglass - Examples of Fiberglass Use

Examples of Fiberglass Use

  • Surfboards
  • Gliders, kit cars, sports cars, microcars, karts, bodyshells, boats, kayaks, flat roofs, lorries, K21 Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
  • Minesweeper hulls
  • Pods, domes and architectural features where a light weight is necessary.
  • High end bicycles.
  • Bodyparts for and entire automobiles, such as the Anadol, Reliant, Quantum Quantum CoupĂ©, Chevrolet Corvette and Studebaker Avanti, and DeLorean DMC-12 under body.
  • A320 radome.
  • FRP tanks and vessels: FRP is used extensively to manufacture chemical equipments and tanks and vessels. BS4994 is a British standard related to this application.
  • UHF-broadcasting antennas are often mounted inside a fiberglass cylinder on the pinnacle of a broadcasting tower
  • Most commercial velomobiles
  • Most printed circuit boards used in electronics consist of alternating layers of copper and fibreglass FR-4.
  • Large Commercial Wind Turbine Blades
  • RF coils used in MRI scanners
  • Sub sea installation protection covers
  • Re-enforcement of asphalt pavement, as a fabric or mesh interlayer between lifts.

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