TeXtreme® Spread Tow Fabrics

You will find TeXtreme® in aerospace, racing, sports, automotive and industrial applications, fields with extreme demands on material performance. From an end user perspective, we promise you will find TeXtreme® rewarding.

The benefits speak for themselves. Let's sum it up… ultra light weight, better surface finish, cooler designs and a material that outperforms the competition. We think it’s fair to say it’s one heck of a product.

Racing

Whether you are in a Formula 1 car or in an Americas Cup boat, carbon fiber reinforcement is a natural part of your equipment and the search to remove those extra grams never ends. By using TeXtreme® for your high performance products you will undoubtedly be able to strengthen your position in the race.

Sports & Consumer goods

In the consumer market it is important to create the right look and feel in order to distinguish one’s products from the competition. The unique fabric texture of TeXtreme® gives you endless opportunities to stand out from the crowd by creating that one-of-a-kind look. With TeXtreme® you will also enhance the surface finish of your composites.

Aerospace & Aviation

Whether you are in the commercial, military or small air craft market, low weight is the key to success. With TeXtreme® you can optimize fiber reinforcement where you need it the most.

Automotive industry

Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) is an upcoming material in serially produced cars. One major problem for car manufacturers is finding a steady supply of ultra light carbon reinforcements. TeXtreme® solves this issue with new Tow Spreading- and Tape Weaving Technologies that opens up possibilites for using the more available large tows (12k and more) to produce ultra light carbon fabrics.

Industrial Applications

In industrial applications it all comes down to energy savings and increased speed through the use of ultra light  components. Today industrial users are substituting aluminum for carbon composites. TeXtreme® is an ideal choice because of its high performance and availability.

TeXtreme® carbon fabric

TeXtreme® benefits

1. Reduce the weight of your composites
   The increased fiber content gives you a composite that outperforms traditional reinforcement fabrics at any given weight.  
2. Increase the mechanical properties
   The flat structure of TeXtreme® minimizes the negative crimp effect you will find in traditional woven fabrics.
3. Ultra light fabrics even from large tows
   Thanks to our patented TapeWeaving Technology, we can use large tows (even >48k) that are more easily available on the market to produce fabric down to 80 gsm.
4. Enhance the surface finish
   Better surface finish is achieved by fewer interlacing points, increased fiber floats and less crimp in the TeXtreme® fabric.
5. Give your products a new aesthetic design
   The new unique fabric look of TeXtreme® gives you endless opportunities to diversify your products from your competitors.
6. Save valuable production time
   Production time is reduced as one ply of fabric is used instead of two unidirectional sheets.