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EMULSION BONDED MAT M501
M501 is a glass fibre chopped strand mat made form E-glass incorporating a silane coupling agent. The 50 mm long strands are held together witha styrene soluble emulsion binder. M501 is designed for easy and fast working with UP resins in hand lay-up processes.

PROPERTIES
• Good surface bonding and high strand integrity
• Hand lay-up
• Easy air removal
• Used in manufacturing e.g. boats, tanks, panels and large structural parts
• Good drapability
• Fast wet-through and wet-out

APPLICATIONS
• Easy handling
• Compatible with UP resins

APPROVALS
Det Norske Veritas and The Lloyd’s Register of Shipping

   

Product code
M501-300
M501-450
M501-600
M501-900

Weight, g/m2 - ISO 3374:BS 3496
300
450
600
900
   
   
   
Standard widths, 92 and 130cm. Widths available upon request 5-205cm (minimum quantity required per order)
   
POWDER BONDED MAT M601 and NEW M621

M601 is a glass fibre chopped strand mat made from E-glass incorporating a silane coupling agent. The 50 mm long strands are held together with a styrene soluble powder binder. New M621 is designed to give improved cosmetics.

PROPERTIES
• Good surface bonding and high strand integrity
• Fast air removal
• Good drapability
• Extremely fast and complete wet-through

APPLICATIONS
• Hand lay-up and continuous laminating processes
• Specifically developed for translucent laminates
and for applications requiring good chemical resistance
• Compatible with unsaturated polyester, vinylester and epoxy resins

APPROVALS
Det Norske Veritas and The Lloyd’s Register of Shipping
     
Product code
M601-225
M601-300
M601-450
M601-600
Weight, g/m2 - ISO 3374:BS 3496
225
300
450
600
   
Standard widths, 92 and 130 cm. Widths available upon request 5-285 cm (minimum quantity required per order).
   
SPRAY-UP ROVING R363, R364

Chrome free spray-up rovings made from E-glass. silane treated, continuousfilaments are gathered together to form a single bundle and wound intocylindrical packages.

PROPERTIES
• Excellent mechanical properties
• Good choppability, and good consistency
• Excellent air removal and rapid wet out
• Compatible with unsaturated polyester resins
• No static electricity

APPLICATIONS R364
• General purpose spray-up applications
• Ideal for complicated moulds and pieces requiring a smooth surface
• Manual and automated spray-up processes

APPLICATIONS R363
• Suited for products requiring a stiff
and thick laminate
• Ideal for spraying large pieces in one shot
• Manual and automated spray process

TECHNICAL DATA (nominal values)

 

Product code

R364-2400
R364-4800

Tex, g/100m
ISO 2797 class 3
ISO 1889
50/2380
50/4760
     
     
     
   
Standard widths, 92 and 130 cm. Widths available upon request 5.285 cm (minimum quantity required per order).
   
COMBIFLOW - D + STITCHMAT FOR - CLOSED MOULD PROCESSES
Ahlstrom Combiflow-D is a special reinforcement for closed mould processes. It consists of two layers; one layer of chopped or woven glassfibre and a porous elastic layer providing an excellent resin flow. The elastic layer is marked with SP code.
   
Product Identification
g/m2
SP180/M450
SP180/M600
SP180/M900
SP250/M450
SP250/M600
SP250/M900
Laminate thickness
mm
1,4 - 2,6
1,8 - 2,9
2,0 - 3,3
1,6 - 2,8
2,0 - 3,2
2,3 - 3,6
+ optionally surface tissue A80
Ahlstom Combiflow-D binderfree construction gives excellent drapability,very good resin flow and good compatibility with resins.Standard widths 125 cm / 250 cm

STITCHMAT

Ahlstrom stitchmat is a versatile special product for closed mould applications offering excellent conformability and easy lay up of even and a very thick layer of reinforcement in one shot. Available from 300gm to 1200gm per sq.mtr
   
ROVING R338

R338 is a process roving made from E-glass.
It is manufactured by winding continuous, unidirectional,
untwisted strands of filaments into cylindrical packages.
The fibres are treated with an epoxy-silane sizing.

PROPERTIES
• Fast wet-through
• Even tension, low catenary
• Good abrasion resistance
• Provides excellent mechanical properties to the laminate
• Compatible with polyester, vinylester and epoxy resins

CHARACTERISTICS OF CHEESES
Internal diameter, mm 162
External diameter, mm 285
Height, mm 270
Net weight, kg 019

APPROVALS
Approved by Det Norske Veritas, Germanischer Lloyd and in the form of woven roving by The Lloyd’s Register of Shipping.


APPLICATIONS
• Filament winding
• Pultrusion
• Weaving
     
TECHNICAL DATA (nominal values)
     

Product Codes

R338 - 300 0300
R338 - 600 0600
R338 - 900 0900
R338 - 1200 1200
R338 - 2400 2400
R338 - 4800 4800

 

Tex, g/1000m
ISO 2797 Class 3 ISO 1889

300
600
900
1200
2400
4800

   
NARROW TAPES (with Woven Edges W.E.)

PROPERTIES
The ever growing use of modern, mechanised processes has increased the demand for tapes with woven edges.
Typical applications include filament winding, pultrusion and the finishing of joint as well as local reinforcing.
Woven edge give clean laminate without need for finishing.


PRODUCTS AVAILABLE
     
Weights
Widths
Roll length
150-1200 g/m2
1-35 cm
60-1000 m
   
COMBINATION PRODUCTS

PROPERTIES
• Consist of two or more reinforcing layers,
typically woven roving and chopped strands
• Compatible with polyester, vinylester and epoxy resins
• Easy processability in
- Hand lay up
- Filament winding
- Pultrusion
- RTM
- Continuous impregnation
• Time saving, lower labour costs
• Possible to laminate large quantities of glass at the same time
• Additional layers can be combined, like surface tissues or core materials
• Stitched and powder bonded types available

PRODUCTS AVAILABLE  
   

Weight of woven part - any woven roving type
(see woven roving leaflet)

Weight of mat layer - 100-600 g/m2

(available on both sides of woven roving)
Widths 0-250 cm
Standard width 125 cm
Roll lengths 50-100 m

 

   
MULTI-AXIAL PRODUCTS

PROPERTIES
• Consist of one or more layers of unidirectional fibres
• Reinforcing fibres can be in directions like 0°, 90° and +- 45°,
also chopped strand layer can be added
• Optimal fibre orientation
• Excellent drapability; better tensile and flexural propertires
• Time saving, lower labour costs
• Compatible with polyester, vinylester and epoxy resins
• Easy processability in - hand lay-up,
filament winding, pultrusion, RTM, continuous impregnation


PRODUCTS AVAILABLE
Weights ca400 - 2000g/m2
Standard width 127 cm
Roll lengths 50 - 100 m
 
APPROVALS
AHLSTROM GLASSFIBRE multi-axial products are
approved by Det Norske Veritas, Bureau Veritas,
Germanischer Loyd, Registro Italiano Navale.
   
WOVEN ROVINGS

PROPERTIES
• Made of continuous, untwisted E-glass direct rovings
• Compatible with polyester, vinylester and epoxy resins
• Easy processability in
- Hand lay-up
- Filament winding
- Pultrusion
- RTM
- Continuous impregnation

PRODUCTS AVAILABLE
AHLSTROM GLASSFIBRE woven rovings are available
in several types of constructions with cut edges and
with fringes 1 to 2 cm long.
The indicated width does not include fringes.

Weights 200 - 1500 g/m2
Widths 5 - 320 cm
Standard roll length 60 / 100 m
Weave types plain, twill, satin, leno