Glass fibre has one of the highest strength to weight ratio of any fibre, and one of the lowest elongations. These characteristics are useful in applications requiring high dimensional stability, as in the reinforcement of plastics.
It also has excellent resistance to the effects of heat over a wide temperature range, is completely nonflammable, and is used where resistance to the spread of flame is of overriding importance.
Glass fibre is also useful as a heat insulation material in the form of mats and waddings in which entrapped air provides the insulation.
At N.E.T, we can produce unidirectional glass fabrics for re-inforcement, as well as malleable knitted glass from open meshes to solid fabrics, in various area weights.
Stretch knitted fabrics are particularly useful in areas that reqiure movement, but still need to retain their integrity as fire barriers.
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