Ceramic Matrix Composite · Product form
Ceramic Matrix 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 1
Companies that manufacture this form. Mill direct means longer lead times and mill minimums, with full melt traceability.
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Bally Ribbon Mills VerifiedAS9100
Dry woven ceramic and silicon carbide fabric. Silicon carbide and ceramic are named explicitly in the company's yarn list. Weaving SiC fibre is the front end of a SiC/SiC ceramic matrix composite: this step produces the dry reinforcement, and the ceramic matrix is introduced afterwards by infiltration, so a buyer needs a CVI or PIP source downstream of this.
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Production methods
The same form, purchased as tolling on your own material.
Weaving 1
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
Silicon carbide and ceramic are named explicitly in the company's yarn list. Weaving SiC fibre is the front end of a SiC/SiC ceramic matrix composite: this step produces the dry reinforcement, and the ceramic matrix is introduced afterwards by infiltration, so a buyer needs a CVI or PIP source downstream of this.
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