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Glass 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 6
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
Braided glass fabric and sleeving.
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AGY Holding Corp. ReportedS-2 Glass
Ballistically rated S2 Glass armor products combining protection with structural load bearing.
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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 ReportedE-Glass
Fiberglass reinforcement is among the web materials used in the HexWeb range.
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Johns Manville Reported
Nonwoven glass mats, including the Evalith line, alongside ThermoFlow chopped strands. Recorded as dry fabric because these are dry reinforcement products supplied before any resin; note they are mats and chopped strand rather than woven broadgoods. IMPORTANT: this fibre is presented for reinforcing thermoplastics, thermosets and building products. No aerospace grade, S-glass equivalent, AS9100 or defense qualification is claimed. Do not treat it as a drop-in for a qualified aerospace reinforcement.
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JPS Composite Materials VerifiedAS9100E-Glass, S-2 Glass
Weaves E-glass, S-glass and Astroquartz pure silica reinforcement. Astroquartz is the high purity quartz fabric used where dielectric constant has to stay low and stable, which is the radome case.
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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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JPS Composite Materials VerifiedAS9100
Weaves E-glass, S-glass and Astroquartz pure silica reinforcement. Astroquartz is the high purity quartz fabric used where dielectric constant has to stay low and stable, which is the radome case.
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