Kevlar - Para-Aramid Synthetic Fibre
Curley Specialised Mouldings have been manufacturing Kevlar® - Para-Aramid Synthetic Fibre components since 1983 and continue to produce products for end users and many industries including automotive, motorsport and aviation industries.
We can manufacture your Kevlar® components using vac bagging techniques or just wet lay, also known as hand-lay, using epoxy-vinyl ester or polyester resins. Vac bagging as it's known, means to place the mouldings into a bag and using a vacuum pump, extract the air, which consolidates the laminated component, providing an end product which is a lot lighter and stronger in construction than wet lay manufacturing.
Developed at DuPont in 1965 by Stephanie Kwolek and Roberto Berendt, it was first commercially used in the early 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires. Nowadays it is used as an ingredient in the manufacturing of composite material components such as race car seat shells, sump guards and body panels as when Kevlar® is spun, the resulting fibre has great tensile strength, when used as a woven material.
The Benefits of Kevlar®:
- High strength, good impact, high abrasion resistance and medium rigidity.
- High strength-to-weight ratio.
- 5 times stronger than steel on an equal weight basis.