The following can be considered as the ‘standard’ properties typically exhibited by an FRP composites component.
• High strength at low weight.
• Ability to tailor properties to meet wide-ranging performance specifications.
• Molding to close dimensional tolerances, with their retention under in-service conditions.
• Good impact, compression, fatigue and electrical properties.
• Ability to markedly reduce part assembly.
• Excellent environmental resistance.
• Ability to fabricate massive one-piece moldings’.
• Proven in-service track record.
• Low-to-moderate tooling costs.
• Cost-effective manufacturing processes.
• Ability to build in, ex-mould, both color and texture.
• Excellent chemical and corrosion resistance.
• High ultra-violet radiation stability.
• Good-to-excellent fire hardness.
• Good structural integrity.
• Good thermal insulation.
• Ability to attenuate sound.
• Respectable abrasion resistance.
• Ready bonding to dissimilar materials.
• Medium-to-high productivity rates.