The application of carbon plate in sports shoes dates back to the 1990s, with the Air Jordan series of basketball shoes being a typical example. The high-strength characteristics of carbon plates are used to enhance the stability and support of the shoes, that is, the rigidity of carbon plates is used to realize the torsional characteristics of the shoes. Air Jordan 11, Image via NikeAir Jordan 33, by sneakernews Carbon plate can provide supportive performance, which is the original purpose of its early application in the midsole of running shoes, and then gradually develop other properties, such as enhancing resilience, improving running performance, and saving the runner's energy. Today, carbon plates + high-performance foam have become the success factors of mainstream race running shoes, and you can't have one without the other.
Carbon plate reduces energy loss, elastic energy storage by increasing bending stiffness
High-performance foam provides more than 80% of energy return during the run
In terms of performance requirements, light weight, good toughness and high strength are the common necessary characteristics of carbon boards, and nowadays, along with the sustainable development trend of sports shoes, the low-carbon and environmental protection is also more and more important. Poly PLASTRON® LFT Enables Customer Application Innovation PLASTRON® LFT is a resin that consists of continuous reinforcing fibers (glass fibers, carbon fibers, etc.) in the same length and direction in a granule. This material combines rigidity and high impact strength, which are not possible with conventional fiber-reinforced resins, and will broaden the field of thermoplastic resins for metals and FRP*. 1. High impact strengthPLASTRON® exhibits high impact strength, even when subjected to impact, due to the long fibers in the molded product being entangled together. In addition, the impact strength increases as the fiber content increases. 2. High rigidityFor many resin substrates, glass fibers can be filled with 60wt% and carbon fibers can be filled with 40wt%, allowing for higher stiffness designs not possible with previous fiber-reinforced resins. 3. Long-term characteristicsIt also has a huge advantage in terms of long-term life such as creep resistance. 4. Wide operating temperature rangeThis product has high rigidity in high-temperature environments, and unlike general reinforced resins, its impact strength does not decrease in low-temperature regions, making it possible to optimize product design over a wide range of temperature regions. 5. Dimensional accuracyDue to the reinforcing effect of long fibers, the warping and deformation of molded products are smaller than those of short-fiber reinforced resins. In addition, since the linear expansion is also small, it has advantages over short fiber reinforced resins in terms of dimensional changes, warping, and deformation when embedded in or bonded to metal parts, etc., allowing for more optimal design. Thursday, August 18th 16:00-17:00FromMr. Nengsheng Pan, Senior Technical Manager of Polyplastics China Technical Center.In the live broadcast of "Ebond Polymers", we will bring you a report on the "Ebond Polymers".PLASTRON® LFT, the environmentally friendly new carbon plate material for sports shoesStay tuned for a great share of "The We'll be waiting for you in the live room! Before this live broadcast, please scan the QR code below to submit a pre-conference questionnaire and let us know your needs and suggestions! Pre-conference questionnaire Aibang has a shoe material exchange group, Anta, Pico, Teppu, Jordan Sports, Li Ning, Guiren Bird, 361, Ruziu, New Road Sports, Qingdao Shuangxing, Guangshuo, Jinjiang Chengchang, Jinjiang Xin Sanbao, Huasheng Shoe Material, Zhongli Shoe Material, Dongjun Shoe Material, Anyi Shoe Material, Moutai Shoe Material, Xin Ye Shoe Material, Jiaxie Shoe Material, Zhendong Shoe Material, Guangqin Shoe Material, Hambro Shoe Material, Anse Shoe Material, Zhendong Shoe Material, Huayin Shoe Material and other footwear. Upstream and downstream enterprises have joined, welcome more footwear industry related including but not limited to materials, processing, equipment, auxiliaries and other business people into the group to communicate and seek common progress! Long press to recognize the QR code to follow the public number, click on the left side of the menu bar below "microcosmic group", apply to join the group chat
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