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Zylon fabric *LINK*
By:Dan Caouette (CSFW)
Date: 2/6/2008, 11:47 am
In Response To: Re: Zylon looks impressive!------WebKitFormBoundar (Mike Bielski------WebKitFormBoundaryVSCu9RRcf5g+Of)

: Soller has a hybrid zylon/carbon fabric, and a basalt/carbon fabric. I
: hadn't ever heard of either, but they're pretty pricey. You could use it
: on the interior without paint...

Zylon is an advanced aramid fiber, a distant relative of Kevlar that's much stronger. It's manufactured by the Toyobo Company in Japan. It's been used on the Mars Rovers, tennis rackets, golf clubs, on sailboat rigging and sails and is mandatory for the cockpits of Formula 1 cars. It's also very heat and electrically resistant. It had been used for bullet proof vests but they had some issues in that application. I've been looking into the stuff for a little while now. I have a customer who wants to try some on race boat I'll be building for him this spring. Soller has plain Zylon cloth and as the CF hybrid. Stay tuned...

Dan

Toyobo

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Carbon Fiber
Mike Bielski -- 1/26/2008, 12:02 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber
Bill Hamm -- 1/30/2008, 2:03 am
Composite materials strength comparison *LINK*
Mike Bielski -- 2/4/2008, 8:29 pm
Re: Composite materials strength comparison
Charlie -- 2/6/2008, 12:28 pm
Re: Composite materials strength comparison
Toni V -- 2/7/2008, 2:44 am
Zylon looks impressive!
Brian Nystrom -- 2/6/2008, 6:38 am
Re: Zylon looks impressive!------WebKitFormBoundar
Mike Bielski------WebKitFormBoundaryVSCu9RRcf5g+Of -- 2/6/2008, 8:17 am
Re: Zylon looks impressive!------WebKitFormBoundar
Bill Hamm -- 2/10/2008, 2:56 am
Zylon fabric *LINK*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 2/6/2008, 11:47 am
Re: Composite materials strength comparison
LeeG -- 2/6/2008, 1:34 am
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber
Mike Bielski -- 1/30/2008, 3:40 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber
Bill Hamm -- 1/31/2008, 12:55 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/31/2008, 3:58 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber
Bill Hamm -- 2/1/2008, 12:35 am
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber
Mike Bielski -- 1/31/2008, 1:59 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber *LINK*
Reg Lake -- 1/31/2008, 3:31 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/31/2008, 3:38 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber
Reg Lake -- 1/31/2008, 4:13 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber
Bill Hamm -- 2/1/2008, 12:37 am
An essay on tech no log y
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/1/2008, 2:20 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/31/2008, 3:30 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber
Tom Armstrong -- 1/29/2008, 4:24 pm
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber *LINK*
Etienne Muller -- 1/29/2008, 11:06 am
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber
Toni V -- 1/29/2008, 7:40 am
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber
Mike Savage -- 1/29/2008, 9:36 am
Re: Strip: Carbon Fiber
Toni V -- 1/29/2008, 11:02 am
Carbon vs glass
Sam McFadden -- 1/28/2008, 10:37 pm
Re: Carbon vs glass
Mike Bielski -- 1/28/2008, 11:37 pm
Carbon Fiber or ?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/28/2008, 9:36 pm