Vetrotex Applications

Vetrotex glass fiber solutions are used as key ingredients in products that people benefit from every day. Main applications include technical textiles for construction, electrical and electronics, industry, transportation and many more.

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Braiding A circular braiding machine is composed of two rotating sets of bobbins on which glass filament yarns have been wound. One set runs clockwise, the other one counter clockwise around the center of the machine along a defined path. Coating Single yarns pulled from a creel are drawn through a PVC jet or bath and a die to form the desired round section shape. Then the coated yarn is dried and thermally cured in a continuous oven and wound onto a paper tube to make products suitable for further textile operations like beaming, weaving. Finishing Glass fabrics can be impregnated with continuous processing line for industrial textiles taking into account the specificity of glass products: the low elongation as well as the sensitivity to abrasion. For the reinforcement of resin, desizing is made by heat cleaning. Knitting Knit goods are planar or tubular structures made by inter-looping of loops of yarns connected by a knitting system in length direction (warp knitting) or in the width direction (weft knitting). The warp-knitting machine is fed with section beams, each end passes trough a needle. Knitting elements form loops and bind the warp yarns together. Laid Scrim The weaving process permits by using the leno weave pattern the production of mesh fabrics that are flat structure in which both warp and weft yarns are widely spaced to form a grid. Grinding wheels and fabrics for External Insulation Facade Systems (EIFS) use the advantages of this type of fabric. Multiaxial Several layers of unidirectional reinforcement material (yarn, strand, roving) are stacked collectively and oriented by means of a weft insertion system in predetermined directions that can vary within large limits (0° to 90°). Additional stitching yarns applied by a knitting system bind the layers together to prevent slippage. Texturizing and Voluminizing In the texturizing process, the glass yarns or strands are overfed in a nozzle in which a pressurized air stream creates a turbulence that causes the formation of loops and imparts a moderate bulk. Warping/Beaming In many cases, the first textile operation is the preparation of the lengthwise ends system (warp or beamed yarns) of the textile structure by warping or beaming operations. Weaving The weaving machine or loom provides the means to interlace warp and filling yarns according a weave pattern to form a fabric structure. The yarns system in the fabric lengthwise direction is referred to as the warp. It is supplied to the weaving machine on a loom beam. Warp yarns are often called ends. Other Applications Saint-Gobain Vetrotex glass products can be used in other various processes and applications like Covering, unidirectional reinforcement or Lamination.

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Braiding: A circular braiding machine is composed of two rotating sets of bobbins on which glass filament yarns have been wound. One set runs clockwise, the other one counter clockwise around the center of the machine along a defined path.
Coating: Single yarns pulled from a creel are drawn through a PVC jet or bath and a die to form the desired round section shape. Then the coated yarn is dried and thermally cured in a continuous oven and wound onto a paper tube to make products suitable for further textile operations like beaming, weaving.
Finishing: Glass fabrics can be impregnated with continuous processing line for industrial textiles taking into account the specificity of glass products: the low elongation as well as the sensitivity to abrasion. For the reinforcement of resin, desizing is made by heat cleaning.
Knitting: Knit goods are planar or tubular structures made by inter-looping of loops of yarns connected by a knitting system in length direction (warp knitting) or in the width direction (weft knitting). The warp-knitting machine is fed with section beams, each end passes trough a needle. Knitting elements form loops and bind the warp yarns together.
Laid Scrim: The weaving process permits by using the leno weave pattern the production of mesh fabrics that are flat structure in which both warp and weft yarns are widely spaced to form a grid. Grinding wheels and fabrics for External Insulation Facade Systems (EIFS) use the advantages of this type of fabric.
Multiaxial: Several layers of unidirectional reinforcement material (yarn, strand, roving) are stacked collectively and oriented by means of a weft insertion system in predetermined directions that can vary within large limits (0° to 90°). Additional stitching yarns applied by a knitting system bind the layers together to prevent slippage.
Texturizing and Voluminizing: In the texturizing process, the glass yarns or strands are overfed in a nozzle in which a pressurized air stream creates a turbulence that causes the formation of loops and imparts a moderate bulk.
Warping/Beaming: In many cases, the first textile operation is the preparation of the lengthwise ends system (warp or beamed yarns) of the textile structure by warping or beaming operations.
Weaving: The weaving machine or loom provides the means to interlace warp and filling yarns according a weave pattern to form a fabric structure. The yarns system in the fabric lengthwise direction is referred to as the warp. It is supplied to the weaving machine on a loom beam. Warp yarns are often called ends.
Other Applications: Saint-Gobain Vetrotex glass products can be used in other various processes and applications like Covering, unidirectional reinforcement or Lamination.