
FliteStrand® S woven rovings have shown to reduce laminate weight in Aircraft Interiors components up to 35% when replacing E-glass fabrics

FliteStrand® S rovings have shown outstanding Long Beam Bending performance in honeycomb sandwich panels with cross-plied unidirectional laminate facings

FliteStrand® S rovings provide longer component service life versus metals or carbon fiber

FliteStrand® S rovings provide lower total cost of ownership versus carbon fiber and aluminum parts
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FliteStrand® SAerospace
Lighter-Weight Materials for Better Fuel Efficiency
FliteStrand® S will Offer these Benefits to the Market
- A new high-performance reinforcement that delivers new application opportunities.
- A stable supply source from the market leader with scaled capacity.
- An improved price/performance ratio to enable selective upgrading from E-glass to S-glass for enhanced system performance.
- A reliable technology and solutions partner in new product and application development.
Real-World Case Studies
- FliteStrand® S rovings have shown outstanding Long Beam Bending performance in honeycomb sandwich panels with cross-plied unidirectional laminate facings
- Uniform unidirectional tapes have been successfully produced at extremely low areal weights
- FliteStrand® S woven roving laminates have outperformed traditional S-glass fabric laminates significantly in Impact strength without incurring weight or cost penalties
- FliteStrand® S woven rovings have shown to reduce laminate weight in Aircraft Interiors components up to 35% when replacing E-glass fabrics
Industry Need: Lighter-Weight Materials for Better Fuel Efficiency
FliteStrand® S reinforcement enables the aerospace industry a lighter-weight and stronger material. FliteStrand® reinforcement can be used in aircraft flooring, control surfaces, and other components.
- Significantly improve flexural Modulus and impact performance
- Offer an affordable solution compared to other commercially available S-glasses
- Enable up to 20% weight reduction, compared to E-glass solutions
Typical stress-strain curves of fibers
- Lighter components
- Longer component service life versus metals or carbon fiber
- Lower total cost of ownership versus carbon fiber and aluminum parts
- Material supply security from a Technology & Innovation partner
- Stress-strain curves for various fibers show that OCV™ S-glass provides better impact resistance and compression strength in a Composite part than conventional E-glass, carbon and aramid fibers. The area under the curve defines the strain to failure or impact resistance.
- Carbon fiber has high modulus but fails at relatively low elongation compared to S-glass, resulting in lower overall strength and toughness. In addition, carbon does not perform well under compression.
