Wide fabrics, powder binders for composites

Saertex USA (Huntersville, N.C., U.S.) offers a variety of technologies and services to the composite industry. Among these offerings are the XXXL NCFs, powder binders and the company’s US Carbon Basic Line. These products and services provide application versatility, increased efficiency and improved quality. 

XXXL NCFs from Saertex USA are 150" wide fabrics that are made in the U.S. A noted feature of this product, the company says, is its width which enables new areas of application and results in increased efficiency. The fabric is also characterized by its versatility. Despite its width, up to four layers of reinforcement fibers can be processed simultaneously in different angle orientations.

The company has created additional capacity to ensure short lead times. “We are the only U.S. supplier of those extra wide fabrics for the North American composites market,” says Kyle Kraus, senior VP sales and marketing of Saertex USA. “And we focus on infrastructure and industrial applications for such types of 150" wide fabrics.”

Saertex USA also offers powder binder capabilities for automotive and defense applications. Powder binder is applied to the entire or to specific tape widths of Saertex multiaxial fabrics to achieve dimensionally stable preform production, no wash-out (e.g., RTM) to ensure improved quality and second shaping possibilities. 

The US Carbon Basic Line from Saertex USA is a standard product range with fast delivery because of available inventory in North America. The products of the Basic Line are available from stock in North Carolina with the potential to be delivered to North American customers in a few working days, offering an economical solution for small- and medium-sized order quantities. All of the products have been manufactured with Saertex’s quality standards. These standards are said to be appropriate for a variety of industrial, marine and transportation applications. The selection in the line includes common standard products from the company’s product range.