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Explore the diverse applications of flax fibers and by-products in biomedical, food, and construction sectors, including composites for car industry, biodegradable wind turbine parts, soil strengthening, medical plaster preparation, and more. Discover the advantages, techniques, and advantages of utilizing flax fibers for sustainable and advanced solutions.
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Faculty of Science & Engineering University of Brighton Prof. Sergey Mikhalovsky s.mikhalovsky@brighton.ac.uk Applications for Flax fibers and flax by-products Biomedical and Food Industry Composites for Car Industry & Construction • Applications • Composites from short flax fibers and polymers for Car industry (doors, panels) • Biodegradable part of a Wind turbine • Flax dust /chaff for soil strengthening • Short fibers/chaff for reinforcing of concrete • Flax fibers for medical plaster preparation • Applications • Flax fibers for biomedical needs e.g. surgical sutures, implant materials to reduce post-surgical complications • Flax fabrics for Healthcare products as reservoirs for antimicrobial agents • Short fibers/PLLA composites for the hot/cold-food packaging • Techniques • Swelling rate in comparison to commercial cotton products • The feasibility of biodegradation • Drug adsorption/desorption • Culturing of human cells • Advantages • Non toxic • Bioresorbable • Low inflammation • Techniques • Flax and PLA were hot compressed by molding and “sheet composite workshop“ process (LTP / GroupeDepestele / ACT ENER / Université du Havre).http://www.jeccomposites.com/upload/docs/cp_jec_awards_paris_2010%20gb5.pdf • Composites from Flax fibers with polymer for use in car industry (car door panels with PP – flax short fibers elaborated by extrusion) (EcoTechnilin). http://www.eco-technilin.com/productfinder.asp • Advantages • Increased tensile strength • Enhance shock adsorbing properties • Reduce cracking Plaster formulations Concrete Replace synthetic materials with biodegradable and a renewable resource !