Product
Information
VG6 types cover a range of quality glass fibre
products whilst Type VC3 is used to designate the same range
of products manufactured from pure Ceramic fibres.
The base
fibre is woven or braided into a wide variety of products.
The following standard types are available:
Materials
The
sole type of glass fibre utilised in our products is pure
blown glass with a fibre diameter of 6-9 microns. This fibre
is designed to avoid itching problems and sun irritability
sometimes caused by other braided glass fibres.
Glass
yarns are: inorganic and fire-proof, resistant to continuous
heat to 600°C (elevated temperature grades can be available),
melt at 1100°C, are unaffected by oils, solvents and most
chemicals, do not rot, have good elasticity, compressibility
and resistance to abrasion.
Ceramic
fibres are made from Aluminium Silicate and are spun to form
yarns with glass fibre reinforcement. A small quantity of
glass fibres are added to all our ceramic fibre yarns to increase
mechanical strength during processing. Ceramic lagging ropes
and tapes are further reinforced with a mesh overlay of glass
yarn or Inconel wire.
Ceramic yarns have; remarkable resistance to elevated temperatures
to 1260°C continuous (higher temperature grades to 1400°C
are available), melt at 1750°C , excellent chemical stability
being resistant to most chemicals except the strongest acids
and alkalis, do not rot, are fire-proof, compressible and
abrasion resistant.
Applications
Thermal
insulation, caulking and sealing applications such as groove
and door seals on ovens, boilers, hatches etc. Main applications
are for thermal insulation of pipe-work, furnaces, boilers,
joints, ovens, autoclaves and electric wires. |
