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Advanced andesite-basalt fiber
Kamenny Vek Company is the world’s leading manufacturer of continuous andesite-basalt fiber that is produced and sold on the market under the registered trademark BasFiberPro®.
BasFiberPro® is close to and sometimes outperforms high strength glass and other specialty fibers but beats them price wise.
BasFiberPro® advantages over regular glass fiber (Е-glass):
- 20-25% higher tensile strength
- 10-15% higher tensile modulus
- 150°C higher melting point and operating temperatures range
- Significantly better resistance to acids and corrosion
- Better alkali resistance
- Environmental friendliness
- Attractive Golden-Brown color
BasFiberPro®: production
Mineral fiber offered by different manufacturers is produced from igneous rock of different chemical compositions, and various technologies are used for its production. This means that the properties of fiber can significantly differ depending on the manufacturer.
Unlike most manufacturers using basalt raw materials, which are relatively easy in fiber production, we produce high-strength andesite-basalt fiber, which has much higher mechanical properties.
Kamenny Vek produces andesite-basalt fiber at two plants, in Dubna and in Kimry. We use large-sized bushings for a full-scale production of high quality, inexpensive 1200-, 2000- and 2400-tex single-end roving. That is technically impossible for the technology of fiber production at single- or two-module furnaces, used by all other manufacturers of basalt fiber in the world.
Read more in the Sections «Basaltic andesite» and «Production process»
BasFiberPro®: processing
Processing of BasFiberPro® does not require special equipment or technologies and it is successfully used in all traditional processes including:
- Pultrusion
- Filament winding
- Compounding
- Conversion into various woven and non-woven materials
- Reinforcement of concrete
BasFiberPro® is compatible with most types of thermoset and thermoplastic resins such as Epoxy, Polyester, Vinyl ester, Phenolic, PP, PE, PA and others.
