Mylar Kevlar Laminate

The film acts as a base to which everything else is glued to form the finished product.

Mylar kevlar laminate. Up for sale is one of our kevlar top of the line race sails. The white fibers in an x pattern are laminated with clear mylar on one side and red tinted clear mylar on the other. The effect of this fibre layout is to reduce the load on the mylar film helping the sail to retain its shape longer. Mylar film the sheet form of polyester is at the core of laminate sails.

Very similar to style f but lighter. Mylar mo film is used as insulation in systems that have been given class b ratings by underwriters laboratories ul. Zz one design racing black aramid laminate. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

A variety of companies manufacture bopet and other polyester films under different brand names. Cutting kevlar laminate archived. Cutting kevlar laminate. Consisting of a heavy mylar film with kevlar and carbon fibers crisscrossing at 90 degrees this material adheres well to films so long as it is rubbed down hard in warm conditions.

A bright red color that s fairly transparent. 12 57 per yard 59 wide. Others have taffeta films and even mylar taffeta combinations with everything from carbon to kevlar yarns. Black fibers in an x pattern and a small grid laminated between clear mylar.

Our zigzag fibre layout ensures efficient support and distribution of the loads over the radial panels in your sail. It is serviced cleaned and professionally patched by sail maker before we listed it. Our zz black aramid laminates made with zigzag yarn technology enable you to have a sail made of radial panels that matches the modern rigging of your dinghy or racing yacht. Some laminates have mylar films on both sides.

10 17 per yard 60 wide. Uk sailmakers kevlar mylar laminate tape drive race light jib genoa sail. Bopet biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate is a polyester film made from stretched polyethylene terephthalate pet and is used for its high tensile strength chemical and dimensional stability transparency reflectivity gas and aroma barrier properties and electrical insulation. Cut kevlar fabric with the best shears you can get tape up the area to be molded off of with mylar packing tape wet out the kevlar and then cover with light glass fabrics that is slightly bigger than the kevlar patch so.

Mylar mo polyester film has excellent electrical properties. Laminate sails can vary greatly and their yarn layout and construction is typically a bit more sophisticated and delicate than conventional sail cloths due to their mylar construction. This film offer exceptional cut through resistance low shrinkage low moisture absorption and high thermal durability. It does not stick so well to polyesters so sew it down where it overlaps on polyester luff ropes and reinforcements and cover.

In addition there is a specialized fabric called taffeta that s used to provide chafe protection to the mylar as mylar alone isn t particularly durable and doesn t respond. Zigzag reinforced aramid racing radial laminate for the racing sailor contender racing laminates are favourites among racing sailors from club to international level. This very fast lite and strong sail is the reason we have many trophies and awards.