muka karbon mātātoko 3k
ko te 3k plain weave carbon fiber he tāpoi composite māmātia e āhuatia ana e tana tātari tāhono hāngai, nona te tātari o te toru mano carbon fiber filaments i roto i te katoa o ngā tow kia muta ai ka tāhonoa ki te tātari tōpuni-hōhonu. Ko tēnei hanganga e waihangatia ai he tāpoi tōtika, tāpoi tātoria e āwhina ana i te kaha ki te nui o ngā āhuatanga. Ko te hanganga o te tāpoi he awhi e pōkai ana i te kō angle 90-pirau, e waihangatia ana i te tātari tūturu, tātari tāhono e tino whai hua ana mō ngā whakamahinga rereke. Ko te '3k' e tohu ana ko te maha o ngā carbon filaments kei roto i te katoa o ngā tow, e toru rātā tekau mano, e hua ai he tāpoi taumaha waenganui e noho pāngia ana i te tika o te kaha me te whakauru. Ko tēnei tāpoi whai āhuatanga whakamīharo, tae atu ki te kaha o te kaha, te whakauru whakapīpī, me te kaha o te tōtika o te āhua. Ko tana āhua ōrite, me te ōrite o ngā āhuatanga mekanikirana e whai hua ana mō ngā whakamahinga e kitea ai e nui ana te āhua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā āhuatanga ake o te tāpoi ko te kaha ki te tōkaha o te āhuarangi, te kore whakapāheke ki ngā kikorangi, me te iti noa te panoni o te āhuarangi, e nui ai te uara ki te hanga i ngā waka hōkio, ngā waka, me ngā taputapu hākinakina kaha-teitei.