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ampliTex® 5039

ampliTex® 5039
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ampliTex® Art. No. 5039 white low twist flax / unidirectional fabric 120 gsm Fabric construction Fibre type: White Flax (EU) Construction: 0° Yarn tex: 200 TEX Fabric weight : 120 gsm +/- 5% Weft thread: textured polyester, 6 g/cm Measurements Standard width: 750 mm Standard roll length: 50 m Product Data Sheet ampliTex® Art. No. 5039 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. The color after impregnation is "cream white", which avoids too much heating when exposed to the sun. Performance advantage Considering that glass fibers have a density of 2600 kg/m3 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 110°C prior processing.

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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 9.1 0.2 ampliTex Glass fibres flax ■ Greenhouse gas emissions Processing guidelines • Well compatible 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 fibers always contain some humidity at ambient...

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