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Kevlar is a para-aramid that is known the world over for its use in bullet and stab-resistant vests. In addition to this well-known use, Kevlar is used in many applications, including household ones. Here are some common ways that Kevlar are used in more common consumer applications. Electronics Kevlar is sometimes used as a component material …
What is a Liquid Crystal Polymer? Liquid crystal polymers are a type of thermoplastic that have some liquid crystal properties, meaning that in some respects they behave like a crystal, and in other respects behave more like a liquid. An LCP yarn is one that been spun from the raw polymer. Types of Liquid Crystal …
Specialty sewing threads exist in a number of materials, including meta-aramids, para-aramids, steel, and Vectran. Types of Specialty Sewing Threads: Aramid Sewing Thread: Para-aramid sewing thread: Para-aramid sewing threads have significant temperature resistance benefits over sewing threads made from traditional materials like cotton, wool, polyester, or nylon. At the same time, para-aramids can provide significantly …
Sails have been made of most fibres known to humans: cotton, flax, wool, nylon, and polyester. While these are all solid choices for sailcloth, advanced fibres like aramids and carbon fibres have become more common materials. They are particularly suited to high-performance applications, like in sails on racing yachts. Types of Aramids Used Aramid sailcloth is …
Carbon fibre composites are used in many ways in spacecraft; they are used on launch vehicles, Martian probes, satellites, and re-entry vehicles. Rockets themselves are incredibly sensitive to weight; consider that 94 tonnes of propellant are required in a SpaceX rocket to lift 22 tonnes to low Earth orbit, or to send just 4 tonnes …
An example of a highly swept winglet made possible by carbon fibre As fuels have only become more expensive, the importance of reducing weight and increasing fuel efficiency in aircraft has only become more pressing. Carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRPs) can be used in two ways in aircraft. The first is to complement traditional materials …
Carbon fibre in cars has slowly but surely advanced down the price levels since the 1980s until today. Formula One cars in the 1980s were the first to use the technology, although not at a price point for the average consumer, opening the door for its more widespread adoption in the automotive sector. It is …
The Number 1 Yarn Supplier UK – SageZander Yarn Suppliers UK SageZander is a wholesale yarn supplier in the UK. We serve a wide range of global clients through our base in the historic textile town of Congleton, Cheshire. We specialise in supplying a range of products to our clientele in the UK, Europe, and …
When dealing with yarns and textiles, you have to wrap your head around several parameters, each of which has a variety of units which are used in different contexts. Here is a quick breakdown of measures of yarn count, yarn twist, and fabric density. Yarn Count Perhaps the most fundamental one is the yarn count. …
Heat resistant yarns have many uses, from high-temperature fabric filters to sewing threads for firefighter suits. Wherever high temperatures and fabrics interact, you’re going to need heat resistant yarns. There are several well-known brands of heat-resistant yarns, like Nomex, Kevlar, Vectran, and Trevira, along with more out-of-the-box yarns like those made from Basalt rock fibre. …
