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About sailing cloth:
- Sail cloth is a huge piece of fabric, usually canvas fabric, by means of which airstream is used to drive a vessel.
- Sails were used for in every type of boats before the advent of motorized boats. In the modern times, the sails are used in sailing boats, yachts for sports and recreational purpose.
Product description
- In the past sails were manufactured from flax (linen), hemp or cotton in a variety of forms including canvas. However, current sails are hardly ever made from natural fibers.
- The majority sails are made from man-made fibers varying from low-cost nylon or polyester to high-cost aramids or carbon fibers.
- The cotton canvas sails tend to wear out faster and are not capable of achieving high sail speeds. They also tend to be more bulky compared to sails made of polyester and polyamides as they have a higher strength to weight ratio.
- Sail cloth Properties:
An ideal sail cloth should have the following properties:
- Tear resistance
- Modulus of elasticity: stretch resistance per weight
- High Tensile strength or tenacity
- High breaking strength per unit weight
- Good Creep properties (the long term stretch of a fibre or fabric)
- UV Resistance
Raw materials
- The performance of a sail depends on two crucial aspects:
- Sail Design and
- Sail cloth.
- The sail cloths are tightly woven fabrics and mostly made of Polyester and polyamides like Nylon. These fabrics have a GSM of 200-600.
- Some of the high value sail cloths are laminated using sheets of PET.
Application of sail cloth:
- Sail cloth are widely used in:
- Luxury yachts
- Sporting sail boats
- Non motorized Fishing boats
Technology
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Leads found
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Kayospruce Ltd
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Address :
2 Cockerell Close Segensworth West Fareham Hampshire PO15 5SR.
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Country :
United Kingdom
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Phone :
+44-1489-581696
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URL :
http://www.kayospruce.com
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Lead Idea International
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Address :
House No. 22 (2nd Floor), Road No. 7/D, Sector No. 9 Uttara, Dhaka, 1230
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Country :
Bangladesh
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Phone :
+880-1819515610
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URL :
http://www.lead-idea.com
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