ampliTex® 5057
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Product Data Sheet ampliTex ® Art. No. 5057 Product description Non-crimp unidirectional flax fabric with fibres oriented at 0°, suitable for manufacturing fibre reinforced composite products with high performance and low environmental impact. Fabric construction Fibre type: Flax (EU) Construction: 0° Fibre tex: 300 TEX Fabric weight: 150 gsm +/- 5% Stitching thread: textured polyester. 4/cm Measurements Standard width: 1000 mm Standard roll length: 50 m Performance advantage Considering that glass fibres have a density of 2600 kg/m3 and a tensile modulus of 70 GPa, the flax ampliTex UD 150 gsm can replace a 250 gsm glass fibre UD fabric to have the same stiffness in tension. In compression, the performance of flax is lower, so that the flax ampliTex UD 150 gsm can replace a 220 gsm glass fibre UD fabric to have the same stiffness. *Measured on specimens made by vacuum infusion and then pressed at 6 bars, 12 layers of fabric, resin 5052 from Huntsman, 52%Vf

Ecological aspects Grown in France and Belgium, the flax used at Bcomp is a regional resource. Production of flax has a negative global warming indicator because of CO2 sequestration by photosynthesis ■ Human toxicity 9.1 0.2 ampliTex flax Glass fibres Product Data Sheet ampliTex ® Art. No. 5057 Processing guidelines • Good 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...