Case Study

Sports and Leisure

Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) have a wide range of applications in the field of sports and leisure due to their lightness and strength.
Further performance improvement can be achieved using carbon fiber in a component-specific design.
This contributes to improving the performance of various athletes.
Here we introduce case studies of application to bicycles and fishing rods.

Bicycles and fishing rods

Bicycles:
Weight reduction of approximately 30% achieved in comparison with conventional aluminum bicycle frames.

  • High rigidity and light weight
  • Vibration-damping performance
  • High fatigue resistance

In recent years, there has been a global boom in cycling, with the keywords "health" and "environment." Together with advances in design technology, etc., use of carbon fiber has increased, resulting in weight reduction by approximately 30% in comparison with the aluminum frames in conventional use. Use for road and mountain bikes is becoming more widespread.

Fishing Rods:
Contribution to further enjoyment of fishing by achievement of lightness, high rigidity, and high sensitivity.

  • Light weight and high rigidity
  • High sensitivity to fine vibrations due to vibration-damping performance
  • A wide range of elastic-modulus grades enables the rigidity appropriate to each fishing rod design (flexibility, flexure, etc.) to be provided.

Use of carbon fiber has dramatically reduced the weight of fishing rods, which have traditionally been long and heavy due to use of bamboo and metals. Sensitivity to subtle vibrations, and appropriate flexibility of rods, are important for catching fish, and carbon fiber makes it possible to achieve these necessary physical properties.

Fishing rods

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