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    which part of sz270P made by carbon fiber?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by truelies, Oct 17, 2006.

  1. truelies

    truelies Notebook Consultant

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    My sz270p "premium" is made of carbon fiber. I just wonder which part of this laptop made by carbon fiber? LCD lid, palm rest, bottom?
     
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    Unpluggednonthefly Notebook Consultant

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    Well, the palm rest itself is aluminum; that should be obvious.

    The LCD enclosure and the top half of the case/frame are all carbon fiber as are the ROM drive cover and a few other parts.

    The very bottom of the laptop is made of generic plastic to improve rigidity and remove any flex.
     
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    visitor Notebook Enthusiast

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    For a given thickness, carbon fiber reinforced composites are 20-50 times stiffer than unreinforced polymer. The base is injection moulded to provide all the detail features needed for functionality. It will also likely be ribbed on the inside to improve stiffness. Odds are that it is short fiber reinforced injection moulding, so that it is stiffer than pure polymer. In summary, clever use of the space available and perhaps some short fiber reinforcement will give the necessary stiffness to the bottom without having to resort to very expensive carbon fiber.
     
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