Parabeam 3D Glass Fabrics are now widely used for new generation sandwich structures in the marine, construction and transport industries. Structural components for sports cars, military vehicles, city buses, trucks, trains, advanced aircraft and boats, plus windpower machines, bridges, building roofs, fuel storage tanks and even sporting equipment and modern furniture are now built with Parabeam.
It is not the material which Parabeam is made of, but its technical ingenuity that makes it the smartest, lightest, strongest, most flexible and most durable sandwich product for standard and custom-made applications.
The composite material created with Parabeam® knows no equal in the market. The unique properties of this fibreglass sandwich material make it the ideal solution wherever a lightweight and rigid structure is required without any of the labour-intensive production processes such as vacuum-bagging.
The composite material created with Parabeam® knows no equal in the market. The unique properties of this fibreglass sandwich material make it the ideal solution wherever a lightweight and rigid structure is required without any of the labour-intensive production processes such as vacuum-bagging.
Parabeam® 3D glass fabric is woven from E-glass yarn and consists of two surface (deck) layers connected together by vertical links (piles). These links are woven together with the surface layers thus forming an integrated sandwich structure. When a thermoset resin such as vinylester or epoxy is added to the Parabeam® fabric and lightly rolled, the surface fabric is impregnated with the resin. Capillary action also wets out the connecting links, so that when the fabric rebounds to its full height a hollow core is formed (much like the tree trunks in a forest).This one-step process forms a sandwich laminate that offers excellent strength, stiffness, light weight and durability.
Benefits gained from using Parabeam for fibreglass panels
and applications:
· Excellent drapeability
· Faster production process
· Reduction of labour cost
· Reduction of weight
· No delamination
· Easier repairs
Parabeam meets the criteria of the international FST (Fire, Smoke, Toxicity) standards.
The latest range of Parabeam 3D glass fabrics offer a variety of thicknesses, easier impregnation qualities, improved drapeability, higher strength-to-weight ratio and better surface quality.
· Excellent drapeability
· Faster production process
· Reduction of labour cost
· Reduction of weight
· No delamination
· Easier repairs
Parabeam meets the criteria of the international FST (Fire, Smoke, Toxicity) standards.
The latest range of Parabeam 3D glass fabrics offer a variety of thicknesses, easier impregnation qualities, improved drapeability, higher strength-to-weight ratio and better surface quality.
3-D glass fabric - two surface layers separated by woven links
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Parabeam features a hollow core once finished
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“We have a new material right now called Parabeam that’s better than carbon fibre. It’s two layers of fibreglass cloth with a vertical matrix sewn between them, so they stand about apart. It’s soft and pliable until you lay it up, then it becomes rigid. It’s cheaper, lighter and a lot more user-friendly than carbon fibre.”
