Ke ʻike mālie nei nā mea fiber kalapona i nā mea kiʻekiʻe a ua kapa inoa ʻia ʻo ia pēlā. Hoʻohana nui ʻia nā prepregs fiber kalapona ma nā kahua o ka halihali kaʻaahi, aerospace a me ka hana kaʻa ma ke ʻano he mea maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻomāmā ʻana. ʻAʻole ala ka fiber kalapona no ka hana pololei ʻana i nā huahana, pono e hui pū ʻia me kāna mea e loaʻa ai nā composites fiber kalapona, nā composites fiber kalapona huaʻōlelo ʻoihana no ka fiber kalapona prepreg, ʻo nā ʻāpana fiber kalapona prepreg ka mea nui no ka filament fiber kalapona a me ka resin.
ʻO ka prepreg kalapona fiber o nā mea nui ʻelua, ʻo ke kaula kalapona fiber, ʻo ke kaula kalapona fiber ma ke ʻano o nā puʻupuʻu, ʻo ka filament kalapona fiber hoʻokahi ka mea i emi iho ma mua o hoʻokahi hapakolu o ka mānoanoa o ka lauoho, he puʻu o nā puʻupuʻu filament kalapona fiber me nā haneli o nā filament kalapona fiber. He paʻa nā filament kalapona fiber a ʻaʻole e pili kekahi i kekahi, no laila pono nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻopaʻa i nā mea. ʻO kēia kahi e komo ai nā mea nui ʻē aʻe o ka prepreg. Hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka resin i ka resin thermoplastic a me ka resin thermosetting. ʻO nā ʻano nui o nā resins thermoplastic ʻo PC, PPS, PEEK, etc. ʻO nā prepregs Thermoplastic he mau hui o kēia ʻano resins me nā filament kalapona fiber. Hoʻohui ka prepreg Thermoplastic i nā pono o ka resin thermoplastic a me ka yarn kalapona fiber, ʻaʻole wale ka pono e hiki ke hana hou ʻia nā mea thermoplastic, akā loaʻa pū kekahi i ka ikaika tensile kiʻekiʻe o ka mea kalapona fiber.
ʻO ka thermoplastic carbon fiber prepreg kahi mea māmā e pili ana i ke kaiapuni ʻaʻole wale i ke kūpaʻa i ka pala a me nā mahana kiʻekiʻe, akā hiki ke hana hou ʻia.