May 2016. ISOMATEX SA has recently pioneered a new hybrid fabric reinforcement for various high-end composites in the automotive, aircraft, boatbuilding and ballistic industries that uses FILAVATM fibres together with 3K high tenacity (HT) carbon fibres (3K HT CARBON).
This new hybrid fabric answers in particular the increasing demand from the automotive and aircraft industries for composite materials and successfully combines all the advantages of FILAVATM and 3K HT CARBON fibres. Together they deliver a reinforcement product that improves the high strength-to-weight ratio and dimensional stability while having remarkable properties like high elongation at break, high stiffness, high thermal insulation, high resin wettability (drape-ability), high fatigue resistance and a unique eye-catching colour and pattern when transformed into a composite part.