Aerospace

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.