3D Noodles International inaugurates aerospace-ready carbon fiber 3D noodles

Four types of carbon fiber 3D noodle, or gusset filler dry preforms, are offered with pre-defined radii. They are also well suited for aerospace applications.

3D Noodles International AB (Stockholm, Sweden), launched by BiteAM AB, inaugurated four different types of carbon fiber 3D noodle or gusset filler dry preforms with pre-defined radii at JEC World 2022. A high point of attraction for using them, according to the company, is that these dry 3D noodle preforms are ready to implement and are designed to fit well in the cavity that gets inevitably formed in constructions involving a web-flange junction; this occurrence is caused by oppositely curving sheets of fabrics/prepregs.

Four different types of carbon fiber 3D noodles, covering the entire spectrum of application needs, are offered, from options that can be incorporated straight, to those that are required to curve, either in-plane (left-right) or out-of-plane (up-down), and that which enables formation of a desired radius.

The carbon fiber 3D noodles are especially well suited for aerospace, 3D Noodles contends, as they are able to increase productivity and quality consistency. The 3D noodles, while fitting properly in the cavity, ensure unnecessary accumulation of the matrix material, while also strengthening the most critical load transferring web-flange junction, thereby increase the reliability of the construction, the company notes.

3D Noodles International AB will be introducing these novel, ready-to-implement carbon fiber 3D noodle dry preforms to the U.S. market during SAMPE 2022.