Carbon Fiber Composite · Product form
Carbon Fiber Composite Dry Fabric
I am infusing rather than using prepreg. Who weaves this fabric in my style and areal weight?
What it is
Woven or non-crimp reinforcement supplied without resin, to be infused later. Sold by weave style, areal weight and fiber type.
- Typical dimensions
- Commonly 3 to 24 oz per square yard; widths to roughly 60 inches.
- Also known as
- woven fabric, cloth, non-crimp fabric, NCF, broadgoods, reinforcement fabric
Suppliers
Grouped by what they actually are. A mill and a distributor answer different needs.
Mills and producers 4
Companies that manufacture this form. Mill direct means longer lead times and mill minimums, with full melt traceability.
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A&P Technology Reported
BIMAX biaxial at plus or minus 45 degrees, QISO triaxial at 0 and plus or minus 60 degrees, and ZERO unidirectional. QISO gives quasi-isotropic properties from a single ply.
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Bally Ribbon Mills VerifiedAS9100
Dry woven fabric, tape and webbing as supplied product, before any resin. Bally's output is narrow fabric and engineered structures rather than wide broadgoods.
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Hexcel Corporation Reported
Woven reinforcements alongside fiber and prepreg.
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Park Aerospace Corp. ReportedNADCAP CompositesCarbonized Rayon (C2 / NARC)
C2 carbonized rayon fabric and Raycarb C2B, the latter as exclusive North American distributor for ArianeGroup. Used as rocket nozzle ablative reinforcement rather than as structure.
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Production methods
The same form, purchased as tolling on your own material.
Weaving 2
Converting continuous tow into woven or non-crimp broadgoods on a loom, to a specified weave style and areal weight.
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Bally Ribbon Mills VerifiedAS9100
Woven from the stated yarn list on 2D and 3D looms. Bally weaves engineered webbing, tapes and specialty fabrics rather than broadgoods for general layup, so confirm width and construction against the print.
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Hexcel Corporation Reportedsource