Small tow carbon fiber has a wide range of application fields and broad market demand.

Small tow carbon fiber refers to a high-strength and high-modulus fiber containing more than 90% carbon content in carbon fiber filaments with a number of raw filaments in the range of 1K (thousands), 3K, 6K, 12K, and 24K. Small tow carbon fiber has the advantages of stable tensile strength, high overall performance stability, strong high temperature resistance, good corrosion resistance, and high conductivity. It is widely used in sporting goods, aerospace, national defense, industry, pressure vessels, and carbon-carbon composite materials. It is widely used in other fields.

Sporting goods are the largest application area of ​​small-tow carbon fiber. With the advantages of small-tow carbon fiber increasingly highlighted, it has become the material of choice for high-end sports equipment, and the market penetration rate continues to increase. Specifically, the demand for small tow carbon fiber in the domestic racket market in 2021 has reached 2,094.5 tons, a year-on-year increase of 10.5%; the demand for small tow carbon fiber in the fishing rod market is 6,380.7 tons, a year-on-year increase of 85.6%; the demand for small tow carbon fiber in the golf market The volume was 40.055 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.3%. Overall, the current demand for small-tow carbon fiber in the domestic sporting goods market is continuing to grow, and its total market demand in 2021 will be 17,000 tons.

Aerospace is an important application field of small tow carbon fiber. Compared with traditional aluminum alloy materials, small tow carbon fiber has better performance in hardness, density, corrosion resistance, creep resistance, high temperature resistance, stability and other aspects. When used in the aviation field, it can effectively reduce the overall weight of the aircraft and maintain the shape of the spacecraft in space. At present, under the background of the rapid development of the domestic aerospace industry, the market demand for small tow carbon fiber continues to increase. In 2021, the total market demand for small tow carbon fiber in my country’s aerospace field will reach 2,135.6 tons, a year-on-year increase of 17.5%.

Pressure vessels are an application field with great development potential for small-tow carbon fiber. In recent years, small-tow carbon fiber has become an important raw material for hydrogen storage bottles. Driven by the rapid development of the domestic hydrogen energy industry, its market demand continues to increase. Driven by the continued growth of the hydrogen storage bottle market, the demand for small tow carbon fiber in the domestic pressure vessel market has reached 2966.2 tons in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 48.3%.

At present, small tow carbon fiber has become the mainstream product in the carbon fiber market. According to the “2022-2026 China Small Tow Carbon Fiber Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report”shows that domestic small tow carbon fiber industry in 2021 The overall demand for bundled carbon fiber market reached 38,000 tons, accounting for 52% of the total domestic carbon fiber demand. At present, the market demand for small tow carbon fiber is vast and the industry development prospects are good.

Industrial Analysts personnel said that at this stage, in my country’s small tow carbon fiber market, the three foreign-funded enterprises of Japan, Toray, Toho and Mitsubishi Still occupy a major share of the market; local companies such as Zhongfu Shenying, Guangwei Composite Materials, Zhongjian Technology, and Hengshen Co., Ltd. still have a relatively small market share. In the future, the domestic small-tow carbon fiber market still has huge room for domestic substitution, and the industry has broad room for development.