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AFN® produces a wide array of nonwoven veils, carbon mats, and FRP mats using advanced fibers that meet our customers’ most demanding performance requirements. A variety of different binder systems can be used in conjunction with PAN carbon, nickel-coated carbon, PBO, para-aramid, polyester, and ECR-glass to develop a material that meets your specifications.
Basic
Weight |
Thickness |
Average
Tensile |
|
(lb/in) |
(kN/m) |
Grade # |
oz/yd2 |
g/m2 |
mils |
mm |
MD |
CD |
MD |
CD |
Fiber |
8000110 |
0.50 |
17 |
4.6 |
0.11 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
Glass |
8000195 |
3.10 |
105 |
25 |
0.64 |
13 |
13 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
Glass |
8000116 |
6.24 |
211 |
57 |
1.4 |
24 |
24 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
Glass |
8000047 |
3.00 |
102 |
33 |
0.84 |
18 |
18 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
Carbon |
8000015 |
0.20 |
6.8 |
2.1 |
0.05 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Carbon |
8000056 |
0.25 |
8.5 |
3.3 |
0.08 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Aramid |
AFN is pleased to offer a novel, high functioning nonwoven material composed of PBO. Commercialized as Zylon® by the Toyobo Company, Ltd. of Japan in 1999, these fibers lead to nonwovens that offer significant performance improvements over carbon-aramid materials. This superiority is demonstrated below:
| |
PBO
|
p-aramid
|
carbon
|
polyester
|
| Tensile
Modulus (Gpa)
|
360.0
|
130.0
|
230.0
|
73.0
|
| Tensile
Strength (Gpa)
|
5.8
|
2.8
|
3.5
|
1.1
|
| Density,
g/ml
|
1.54
|
1.45
|
1.76
|
1.38
|
| Residual
% (500ºC, 1hr)
|
90.0
|
~0.0
|
-
|
~0.0 |
| Moisture
Regain, %
|
0.6
|
4.5
|
-
|
0.4
|
PBO fabrics are excellent candidates for very high modulus composite materials and lightweight surface veils for covering composite surfaces. These fabrics are unusually resistant to impact, flame, abrasion, and high temperatures. They have very low moisture regain and good dimensional stability when used as reinforcement.
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