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Advanced Composite Reinforcements

A range of advanced composite reinforcements that are available across various industries and for specialist applications

Advanced Composite Reinforcements

Tricel Composites can supply a range of advanced composite materials from our UK depots, which are available for immediate dispatch

Our Carbon, Aramid, Kevlar, and Hybrid fabrics are sourced from the highest quality manufacturers and furthermore go through vigorous batch testing by our in-house technical team for full tracibility.

Additionally, pre-preg fabrics are available with a carbon weight from 200g/m2 – 600g/m2 and a total fabric weight of 370g/m2 -1230g/m2  in a plain weave and a twill weave. Our pre-preg fabrics have a higher strength to weight ration and less wastage, therefore offering a consistent thickness across the part.

We have adapted our range to suit the needs of our customers, regardless of industry. Consequently, we supply advanced composite reinforcements to the automotive, marine, manufacturing, and transport industries, to name but a few.

Detailed below is a list of some of the advanced composite reinforcements on offer by Tricel Composites. Additionally, if you would like more information, don’t hesitate to contact us.

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Our Range

Carbon Fibre Fabrics

Carbon fibre is a plastic reinforcement substance made of thin carbon atoms bonded together in crystals and woven to create a material that is, consequently, five times stronger, stiffer, and lighter than steel. Consequently, manufacturers frequently employ it in vacuum moulding and use it in hand lay-up processes, as well as with epoxy, vinyl ester, and polyester resins.

Benefits include:

  • High strength to weight ratio
  • High chemical resistance (when used with epoxy resins)
  • Conductive
  • Tolerant to excessive heat
  • Low thermal expansion

Available in: 0.15mm – 1.96mm, and 92g/m2 – 1330g/m2 in plain and twill weave

Our Vitech coated fabrics are ideal for a range of sanitary and automotive products and, moreover, manufacturers often employ them as skin materials for non-structural honeycomb panels. Additionally, they come in sheets that are 2.5 mm thick and in a variety of weights, colours, and warp fibres.

Vitech Coated Fabrics

Benefits:

  • Glass, Carbon/Kevlar, and Carbon fibre coated fabrics available
  • Infinite out-life
  • Easily bonded

Available in: 200 -1250 widths, Plain or Twill weave, in glass, carbon/ Kevlar and carbon fibre weft fibres.

Kevlar Fabrics

Kevlar, a synthetic fibre from the aromatic polyamide family, offers high strength, high modulus, toughness, and thermal stability. When spun into fibres, the polymers (resin) create a crystalline arrangement with the polymer chains parallel to the axis of the fibre, enhancing its structural integrity. As a result, this process leads to high fracture toughness. Consequently, the marine and construction industries regularly employ Kevlar due to its exceptional toughness

Benefits:

  • Impact resistance
  • Low weight
  • Scratch resistant
  • Heat resistant

Available in: 60g/m2 – 46g/m2 weights and 0.095 – 0.64mm on plain weave Twill weave and End Satin Weave

Kisling

Kisling provides high-strength, low-odour methacrylate and epoxy-based structural adhesives, anaerobic adhesives, instant adhesives, hybrid polymer adhesives and sealants, as well as RTV silicones for a variety of applications. Furthermore, customers recognize these products for their reliability and performance.

Additionally, ergo.® adhesives are designed for bonding components with different expansion coefficients that must withstand high thermal and dynamic stresses. Furthermore, mechanical surface abrasion, such as sanding, grinding, and sandblasting, improves the surface properties for bonding. Moreover, higher temperatures (up to about 50°C) increase the cure speed. These two-part adhesives can be used on metals, ferrites, plastics, and ceramics to bind two substrates of the same, or different, materials.

Hybrid Fabrics

Our hybrid fabrics combine carbon, fibreglass, and Kevlar (Aramid) to serve both decorative and structural fibre properties. Specifically, carbon fibre/Kevlar hybrid fabrics offer the stiffness and strength of carbon fibre, along with the impact and fracture resistance of Kevlar.

Moreover, manufacturers often use this material in high-performance and high-impact applications, making it ideal for a range of marine and automotive uses.

Benefits:

  • High strength
  • Tolerant to high levels of heat
  • Multi-application use
  • Fracture resistant

Available in: 164g/m² – 256g/m² weights and 0.26-0.39mm on both plain weave and twill weave.

Additionally, our fibreglass and Kevlar hybrid fabrics offer increased stability compared to standalone Kevlar fabric. Furthermore, offering good resistance to weathering, these fabrics are popular in the marine industry

Available in: 1000 width, 390g/m2 weight 0.44mm in a Twill weave.

Pre-preg Fabrics

Manufacturers employ pre-preg (pre-impregnated) fabrics where minimal weight is required and, consequently, commonly use them in the automotive, marine, and sporting industries.

Additionally, machinery precisely applies the resin to the fabric, ensuring a consistent ratio of resin to reinforcement regardless of weave pattern or fabric weight. However, manufacturers ideally need to keep pre-preg at sub-zero temperatures, and the product’s shelf life depends on the storage temperature.

Benefits include:

  • Maximum reinforcement – less resin = higher strength to weight ratio.
  • Less wastage
  • More aesthetically pleasing
  • Consistent thickness across the part


Available in: total fabric weight 370 – 1230 g/m2 with a carbon weight from 200 – 600g/m2 in plain and twill weave.
Cure time will differ dependent on the resin system used with reinforcement.

Tapes

We offer a range of carbon fibre and Kevlar tapes in narrow widths for localised reinforcement, creative applications, and, furthermore, finishing or edging. Typically, we weave the edges to prevent the carbon from coming apart.

Available in: 0.15mm – 200mm widths. On a 200 – 1000 g/m2 weight. With glass, carbon or Kevlar weft.

  • Why Choose Us?

Why Choose Tricel

At Tricel, we strive to achieve the highest standard of quality with every undertaking. This includes all individual project elements such as organisations, production processes, and customer service. Furthermore, our bespoke capabilities encompass all aspects of design, delivery, and build. Consequently, we pride ourselves in producing high-quality results, and due to this, we have been employed and utilised by many of today’s leading industry brands.

cUSTOMER sERVICE

Surpassing customers’ service expectations ensures the constant improvement and growth of our business. Additionally, each customer is appointed with an experienced composites account manager to ensure their requirements are listened to and delivered

dELIVER ON tIME

On-time delivery is a core requirement of our business. Therefore, we use a network of specialist couriers to ensure your delivery arrives on time

cERTIFIED pRODUCTS

Moreover, all Tricel Composites products are tested and certified to stringent industry standards.

60 Years in Business

Tricel Composites is part of the wider Tricel group, which has over 60 years’ experience in the composites industry. Additionally, we are experienced in all aspects of the composites industry, from design to manufacturing and distribution