Rate Enabling 45° Fabrics
Braided 45° fabrics have a significant advantage over woven alternatives offering long, continuous off-axis orientation enabling faster builds of better parts with less waste.
Benefits of continuous off-the-roll +/-45° bias fabrics
- No waste from converting 0/90 woven fabrics to 45s
- Laydown of 45s is seamless – No overlap joints or thickness buildups
- No disruption in load path – improved performance
- Fewer quality checks
- Faster build rates
- Increased design allowables – Unlike the warp and weft yarns in woven fabrics, the +45 and -45 fibers in braided fabrics are tensioned equally, providing uniform properties in both directions
Bimax is a continuous, stabilized +/-45° fabric.
TX-45 offers extreme drapability – this product has a 45° architecture without stabilizing yarns. For handling, TX-45 is delivered on a carrier film for stabilization during the prepreg process or it can be laminated with a light veil for stability during infusion.
Bimax Standard Products
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| Product Code | Width (in) | Width (mm) | Angle +/- | Yield (yd/lb) | Yield (m/kg) | Weight (oz/yd2) | Weight (g/m2) | Thickness at 50% FV (in) | Thickness at 50% FV (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIMAX-200-48 | 48″ | 1219 | +/- 45° | 2.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 194 | 0.008 | 0.20 |
| BIMAX-375-48 | 48″ | 1219 | +/- 45° | 1.1 | 2.2 | 11.0 | 374 | 0.015 | 0.39 |
| BIMAX-720-52 | 52″ | 1321 | +/- 45° | 0.5 | 1.1 | 21.0 | 713 | 0.028 | 0.72 |
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