ampliTex® Art. No. 5033 light UD natural colour flax fabric 120 gsm Product Data Sheet ampliTex® Art. No. 5033 Product description Non-crimp unidirectional fabric with fibres oriented at 0°, suitable for manufacturing fibre reinforced composite products with a high performance and a low environmental impact. Fabric construction Fibre type: Flax (EU) Construction: 0° Yarn tex: 200 TEX Fabric weight: 120 gsm Measurements Standard width: 750 mm Standard roll length: 50 m Performance advantage Considering that glass fibers have a density of 2.6 kg/dm3 and a tensile modulus of 70 GPa, the flax ampliTex® UD 120 gsm can replace a 195 gsm glass fiber UD fabric to have the same stiffness in tension. In compression, the performance of flax is a bit lower, thus the flax ampliTex® UD 120 gsm can replace a 160 gsm glass fiber UD fabric to have the same stiffness. * Properties are measured on specimens with 13 layers aligned at 0°, pressed at 5 bars (50% fiber weight, 46% Vf), with Epoxy resin Huntsman LY5052 / Aradur 5052, cured at 80°C. Fibers dried 15min at 110C° prior processing.

Grown in France and Belgium, flax used at Bcomp is a regional resource. Production of flax has a negative global warming indicator because of the CO2 sequestration by photosynthesis. ■ Human toxicity 0,2 ampliTex flax Glass fibres Product Data Sheet ampliTex® Art. No. 5033 Processing guidelines • Great compatibility with epoxy and polyester • Near zero CTE, hence good processing compatibility with carbon fibres • Compatible with infusion based processes (vacuum infusion, RTM), wet layup, bladder inflation moulding (BIM) and compression moulding • Flax fibres always contain some humidity at...