Technical Fiber Products (TFP), UK-based speciality wet-laid nonwoven manufacturer is a leading nonwoven manufacturer. The company is doubling its production capacity with the installation of a state of the art third manufacturing line. TFP’s wet laid nonwoven materials have been developed specifically to significantly improve the mechanical properties of a composite with minimal modifications to the manufacturing process necessary. The lightweight veils can be interleaved between reinforcement plies to provide a means to significantly improve the interlaminar toughness of a composite structure, increasing resistance to both mode-I and mode-II fracture.

The materials have been specifically designed to provide multiple benefits and enabling a high quality surface finish whilst simultaneously imparting surface functionality such as conductivity, EMI shielding and corrosion and abrasion resistance to a composite structure.

Other benefits include the use of dielectric nonwovens to prevent galvanic corrosion, which occurs when aluminium or other metals come into contact with carbon fiber in a composite structure.

The nonwoven provides an extremely uniform, lightweight barrier between the two materials to isolate them, stopping an electrochemical reaction occurring. In addition, the ultra lightweight veils are designed as an effective carrier or support for adhesive films, ensuring a minimum weight addition whilst improving handling and setting the bond line.

TFP’s range of fire protection materials also delivers highly effective passive fire protection at the surface of a composite without compromising the integrity of the structure.

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