Formula 1 Cars Using TeXtreme Wins both Driver and Team Championship

Nov. 26, 2010 - PRLog -- Formula 1 Cars using TeXtreme Spread Tow carbon Fabric to reduce weight and improve mechanical properties had a great season, resulting in a victory in both the driver and team championship for cars using TeXtreme. The last race for the season took place on the 14th of November in Abu Dhabi.

TeXtreme is a Spread Tow Fabric (STF) used for making ultra light composites. TeXtreme is based on Oxeon's Tape Weaving Technology that uses thin tapes (Spread Tows) instead of yarns. In any given area more fibers can be packed in a STF than in a normal fabric from yarns. A woven material comprising interlaced spread tows, instead of yarns, displays a substantially reduced number of interstices/openings. This means that a STF presents less accumulation of matrix at the interstices and hence increased fiber volume fraction.

“The extensive use and results of the Formula 1 teams using TeXtreme confirms the weight savings ability of the material. Formula 1 teams are always looking for the best and for reducing weight TeXtreme is obviously providing great weight saving opportunities” says Andreas Martsman, Vice President and head of Business Development at Oxeon.

The F1 team using TeXtreme has built composite body parts with TeXtreme and been able to reduce weight with about 20-30%, evidently contributing to a faster car.

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