Examples of Fiberglass Use
- Surfboards
- Gliders, kit cars, sports cars, microcars, karts, bodyshells, boats, kayaks, flat roofs, lorries, K21 Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
- Minesweeper hulls
- Pods, domes and architectural features where a light weight is necessary.
- High end bicycles.
- Bodyparts for and entire automobiles, such as the Anadol, Reliant, Quantum Quantum Coupé, Chevrolet Corvette and Studebaker Avanti, and DeLorean DMC-12 under body.
- A320 radome.
- FRP tanks and vessels: FRP is used extensively to manufacture chemical equipments and tanks and vessels. BS4994 is a British standard related to this application.
- UHF-broadcasting antennas are often mounted inside a fiberglass cylinder on the pinnacle of a broadcasting tower
- Most commercial velomobiles
- Most printed circuit boards used in electronics consist of alternating layers of copper and fibreglass FR-4.
- Large Commercial Wind Turbine Blades
- RF coils used in MRI scanners
- Sub sea installation protection covers
- Re-enforcement of asphalt pavement, as a fabric or mesh interlayer between lifts.
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