100 gsm Coloured Carbon Fabric Hypetex Spa Spread Tow, 100cm width

Coloured Carbon Hypetex® Spa Spread Tow is a visually stunning 100gsm coloured carbon fibre mechanically characterised to aid structural optimisation, which offer the additional benefits of reduced part finishing time, costs and the extra weight of paint systems. 

The flatness of spread tow means filaments are straighter than those bundled in normal fibres. This results in more efficient load-carrying capability, by weight, and improved surface finish, as well as an aesthetic appeal. Spread tow is the starting point for an iconic “woven look” seen increasingly in sporting goods, small airplanes and motorsports applications. Main Features of spread tow fabrics:

• Attractive aesthetic finish: ideal for the production of both parts and tooling.
• Improved mechanical performance as a reduced thickness compared to standard 2D fabrics using 1K fibres.
• High resistance to crack propagation for improved damage tolerance.
• Spread tow also has proven useful in the design of laminates that withstand significantly greater stress.
• Much less crimp: better impact resistance.
• Increased fibre volume fraction compared to 2D weaving. Weight savings.

Hypetex® colouring technologies are optimised for either thermoset or thermoplastic matrix systems. The use of water based resins and nano pigments puts colour onto the composite at the point of production, removing the need for expensive paints or coatings. The result is a colourful premium aesthetic part straight from the mould, and offering a more environmentally friendly colouring solution.

Hypetex is primarily being used as a visual ply, the improved stability enables the user/laminator to have less concern over the alignment of the materials and the final desired visual from the part that is being produced. There may be conditions when this isn't a benefit.

Pantone: 7725c

Material

Material: Carbon
Fibre(s): TR50S
Number of filaments: 15K

Construction

Total weight: 119 +5 gsm
Fibres orientation: 0°/90°(BT)
Warp tape: 50 +5% gsm
Weft tape: 50 +5% gsm
Stabilising material: 10 +5% gsm
Pattern: Plain

Benefits

• Outstanding flat and smooth surface finish
• Ultra light and thin ply thickness for reduced weights
• Straighter fibre with reduced crimp optimise
• Ideal for prepreg and infusion processes

Sustainability

Hypetex's environmentally friendly advanced colouring solutions, added at the point of material manufacturing, has a significant positive effect on our environment and our ecosystem by:

• Removal of the need for harmful paints
• Removing an additional finishing process with large time & cost reduction
• Significant energy reduction needed for paint application
• Reduction in carbon emissions
• Reduce final part weight

Supply Type

Coloured Carbon Fabric Hypetex® Spa ST of 100g/m2 and 125cm x 1 m2, supplied rolled and in a cardboard box

Coloured Carbon Fabric Hypetex® Spa ST of 100g/m2 and 125cm x 5 m2, supplied rolled and in a cardboard box

Coloured Carbon Fabric Hypetex® Spa ST of 100g/m2 and 125cm x 10 m2, supplied rolled and in a cardboard box

Coloured Carbon Fabric Hypetex® Spa ST of 100g/m2 and 125cm x 25 m2, supplied rolled and in a cardboard box