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Chomarat chosen for JEC Innovation Award

06 Nov '17

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The international textile group Chomarat has been chosen for a JEC Innovation Award in the Sports and Leisure category for its C-PLY Hexagonal with visual and structural stitching. C-PLY Hexagonal is an innovative carbon NCF, designed to be visible within the resin and capture resin colour pigments. Besides visual appeal, it has good mechanical performance.

The unusual stitching of this carbon multiaxial NCF reinforcement combines visual appeal and mechanical performance.

“Chomarat provided NEILPRYDE and COBRA with its C-PLY Non-Crimp Fabric (NCF) technology to help them manufacture an innovative windfoil board, and we are very proud to be rewarded with our partners”, says Pascal Joubert Des Ouches, sports equipment market director at Chomarat.

The unusual stitching of this carbon multiaxial NCF reinforcement combines visual appeal and mechanical performance. C-PLY Hexagonal is an innovative carbon NCF with a unique stitching yarn designed to be visible within the resin and to capture resin colour pigments. The stitching yarn also improves fracture toughness compared to standard NCF.

“We researched the right stitching yarn among multiple options before coming up with a tailor-made yarn solution. C-PLY Hexagonal provides a unique honeycomb carbon design that appeals to end users”, adds Philippe Sanial, R and T director at Chomarat.

Originally dedicated to the design of aerospace and automotive parts, the concept is now successfully applied to the sports and leisure sector. In this innovative windfoil board construction, tows are spread to create thin plies, which are then stitched with precise ±45 degrees angles. The C-PLY NCF structure respects the fibre alignment and is optimised in terms of fibre angles and ply weights, thanks to unique spreading technology. The result is a leading-edge carbon NCF reinforcement allowing structural design benefits, premium surface quality and overall parts cost savings.

“Bringing a new carbon visual signature for our high-performance C-PLY range of NCF is a key to boost retail sales in the whole sports and consumers product industry”, concludes Pascal Joubert Des Ouches. (SV)

Fibre2Fashion News Desk – India

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