Albarrie offers a wide range of fibers, finishes and treatments to produce a one-of-a-kind technical fabric that meets your product application.
Specializing in unique industrial applications, Albarrie’s nonwovens technical fabrics are used to manufacture a variety of products including cars, sporting and recreational equipment, carpet, and more. Albarrie offers a wide range of fibers, finishes and treatments to produce a one-of-a-kind technical fabric that meets your product application.
Albarrie’s fabrics supports applications that require cut or puncture resistance.
Does not support melting, dripping or combustion.
Supports applications with operating temperatures up to 375°F (190 °C).
Although we require a minimum order, we can accommodate smaller volumes.
Composite fabrics are manufactured by combining two fibers into a single material to enhance a fabric’s performance properties – improved abrasion resistance, flexibility, tensile strength, chemical resistance, etc. The automotive industry uses composite fabrics to create car components, such as acoustic control, insulation, seats, trim, and flooring.
Albarrie manufactures composite fabrics in two ways: using a bicomponent fiber (two polymers created as one fiber) or blending two different fiber types to create a single material. Albarrie manufactures lightweight composite nonwoven technical fabric with various fibers, blending/layering, and treatment options.
Albarrie’s nonwoven technical fabrics can be used to construct sporting and recreational equipment for reinforcement or as a substrate for epoxy resin construction of composite materials.
Canoes and Kayaks
Lightweight Kevlar® felts are used in manufacturing many of today’s popular brands of canoes and kayaks. Kevlar® technical fabrics are laminated in layers to the hulls of the boats for improved impact resistance against rocks and other obstacles in the water. Kevlar® is also used for hull repair, with many boat builders offering canoe repair kits containing Kevlar® felt strips and resin to keep boats seaworthy.
Inflatable Boats
The same lightweight Kevlar® used in canoes & kayaks is also in inflatable boats. Reinforced Kevlar® hulls provide the same benefits to inflatables, such as impact resistance. In addition, Kevlar® can be used to improve the tear resistance of the outer shell.
FABRIC PROPERTIES
| 5101 Kevlar® | 5204 Kevlar® | |
| Weight | 3.1 – 3.4 oz/yd² (104-116 g/m²) | 5.2 – 5.7 oz/yd² (176-194 g/m²) |
| Thickness | .035 – .055 in (08 -1.4 mm) |
.045-.065 in. (1.1 – 1.7 mm) |
| Mullen Burst | 150 psi min. (1034 kPa min.) |
300 psi min. (2068 kPa min.) |
Albarrie’s Carpet Leader filter fabrics are used extensively in the production and dyeing of tufted carpets to equalize the tension and reduce waste from start-ups and changeovers. It also protects the carpet from processing equipment damage. Dyeing uses spray jets to apply dye continuously and evenly across the entire width of the carpet. This method can produce solid and multi-color effects at a reduced cost.
Carpet Leader fabric is a strong, durable, stretch-resistant, yet economical nonwoven polyester or polypropylene fabric with a woven fabric core used for processing carpets in continuous dyeing. Due to Carpet Leader’s unique nonwoven and woven construction, the fabric resists fraying, allowing it to be easily pinned or secured to stenter frame’s ovens. The fabric’s porous structure enables the dye to pass through, preventing color stains or transfers. Carpet Leader fabrics are available in two stock weights and multiple wide-width formats to fit most processing equipment.
Albarrie uses only 100% virgin fibers.
Albarrie inspects and tests each order as part of our Quality Assurance program, providing datasheets for weight, thickness, permeability, Mullen burst, and tensile strength according to ASTM standards.
