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Application of Glass Fiber and Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastics in Face Guards

Face guards (FGs) are protectors that allow for the rapid and safe return of athletes who are to play after sustaining traumatic facial injuries and orbital fractures. Current FGs require significant thickness to achieve sufficient shock absorption abilities. However, their weight and thickness rend...

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Autores principales: Wada, Takahiro, Churei, Hiroshi, Yokose, Mako, Iwasaki, Naohiko, Takahashi, Hidekazu, Uo, Motohiro
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7793102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33374594
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13010018
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author Wada, Takahiro
Churei, Hiroshi
Yokose, Mako
Iwasaki, Naohiko
Takahashi, Hidekazu
Uo, Motohiro
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description Face guards (FGs) are protectors that allow for the rapid and safe return of athletes who are to play after sustaining traumatic facial injuries and orbital fractures. Current FGs require significant thickness to achieve sufficient shock absorption abilities. However, their weight and thickness render the FGs uncomfortable and reduce the field of vision of the athlete, thus hindering their performance. Therefore, thin and lightweight FGs are required. We fabricated FGs using commercial glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (GFRTP) and carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) resins to achieve these requirements and investigated their shock absorption abilities through impact testing. The results showed that an FG composed of CFRTP is thinner and lighter than a conventional FG and has sufficient shock absorption ability. The fabrication method of an FG comprising CFRTP is similar to the conventional method. FGs composed of commercial FRTPs exhibit adequate shock absorption abilities and are thinner and lower in weight as compared to conventional FGs.
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spelling pubmed-77931022021-01-09 Application of Glass Fiber and Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastics in Face Guards Wada, Takahiro Churei, Hiroshi Yokose, Mako Iwasaki, Naohiko Takahashi, Hidekazu Uo, Motohiro Polymers (Basel) Article Face guards (FGs) are protectors that allow for the rapid and safe return of athletes who are to play after sustaining traumatic facial injuries and orbital fractures. Current FGs require significant thickness to achieve sufficient shock absorption abilities. However, their weight and thickness render the FGs uncomfortable and reduce the field of vision of the athlete, thus hindering their performance. Therefore, thin and lightweight FGs are required. We fabricated FGs using commercial glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (GFRTP) and carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) resins to achieve these requirements and investigated their shock absorption abilities through impact testing. The results showed that an FG composed of CFRTP is thinner and lighter than a conventional FG and has sufficient shock absorption ability. The fabrication method of an FG comprising CFRTP is similar to the conventional method. FGs composed of commercial FRTPs exhibit adequate shock absorption abilities and are thinner and lower in weight as compared to conventional FGs. MDPI 2020-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7793102/ /pubmed/33374594 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13010018 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7793102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33374594
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13010018
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