Abstract
One of authors in this paper developed glass fabrics reinforced thermoplastics (GFRTP) and carbon fabrics reinforced thermoplastics (CFRTP) using in-situ polymerizable ε-caprolactam as matrix. They had no voids and unfilled resin parts because the ε-caprolactam had very low viscosity before polymerization. Furthermore, their FRTPs not only exhibited superior mechanical properties, but also were suitable for high-speed molding, namely within a few minute process time because they could be released from the mold without a cooling process. In this paper, in order to apply the FRTPs for the wider area, the carbon/glass hybrid fabrics reinforced thermoplastics (HFRTP) using the in-situ polymerizable polyamide 6 as matrix was fabricated, and their mechanical properties were evaluated by bending test, izod impact, static compressive and tensile tests. Moreover, hybrid fabrics reinforced plastics (HFRP) was fabricated using same carbon/glass hybrid fabrics as the HFRTP and fast curable epoxy resin.
